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Book Harvest compromete a realizar una autoevaluación continua, que incluye una rigurosa evaluación externa, con el fin de identificar las mejores prácticas a medida que ampliamos nuestros esfuerzos para reescribir los resultados de todos los niños.
2025 Book Babies Annual Caregiver Survey Report
21 de noviembre de 2025
By Cheri Coleman and Elliot Worth, Book Harvest
An annual caregiver survey is administered to all participating families who have completed at least one visit beyond enrollment. The survey is designed to elicit feedback on families' experiences with Book Babies and the aspects of the program that keep caregivers active and engaged. In 2025, 148 caregivers from three North Carolina counties (Durham, Forsyth and Wake) responded to the survey.
Books on Break and NC DPI's 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Sep 1, 2025
By Rachel Stine, Book Harvest National Director of School Age Initiatives, and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
During the summer of 2025, Book Harvest partnered with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers to bring Books on Break to over 100 program sites across 47 NC counties. After the completion of Books on Break at each participating site, electronic surveys were provided to parents/caregivers, staff, and site leads in order to measure the effectiveness of the program.
Reconnecting with Reading: Post-Covid Recovery (RWR): A Multi-Tiered, Evidence-Based Program to Support Durham’s Students Following COVID
1 de septiembre de 2023
By Rachel Stine, MSW;
Amanda Kolburn, PhD; Rihana Mason, PhD; & Karyl Askew, PhD
Book Harvest's former Reconnecting with Reading (RWR) program partnered with Durham Public Schools to promote literacy development in elementary school students, given the documented, negative impact of the COVID pandemic on student learning. The RWR program used three, evidence-based components to promote student reading engagement and proficiency in Durham with focus on grades 1-4. RWR was implemented October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023.
Estudio controlado Book Babies
Jun 23, 2021
Por Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., Ximena Franco, Ph.D. (Investigadora principal), y Fernando Andrade, Ph.D. de Equity Research Action Coalition en el UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute con The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation en HighScope Educational Research Foundation.
Entre 2017 y 2020, Book Harvest investigadores externos para llevar a cabo una evaluación longitudinal aleatoria y controlada del Book Babies .
En sus propias palabras: La opinión de los padres sobre un programa de suministro de libros
May 7, 2021
By Meytal Barak, Book Harvest Director of Early Literacy, and Dr. Cristina Gillanders, Associate Professor in Early Childhood Education in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado Denver
Basándose en la investigación realizada por los instructores Book Babies , este artículo, así como el informe inicial, describen el papel fundamental que desempeñan los padres en el desarrollo de los niños y la importancia de que los instructores Book Babies trabajen junto a las familias de manera culturalmente sensible para crear prácticas de alfabetización sostenibles en el hogar.
Keep Learning Alive (KLA): A Multi-Tiered, Rapid Response to Support Durham’s Students in the time of COVID-19
1 de diciembre de 2020
By Rachel Stine, MSW;
Karyl Askew, PhD; Rihana Mason, PhD; & Amanda Kolburn, PhD
With the onset of Covid-19, students experienced the longest ever period away from school and researchers projected significant learning losses as a result. Book Harvest responded to these dire predictions with Keep Learning Alive (KLA), a multi-tiered program designed to sustain the reading engagement and proficiency of students in grades K-5 attending Durham Public Schools and learning remotely due to Covid-19. KLA was implemented in Fall 2020 (October 14th through December 18th).
Book Harvest – Durham Public Schools
Summer Learning Partnership
Feb 1, 2018
By Center for Child and Family Policy Duke University
In 2018, Book Harvest worked with DPS to create the Summer Learning Partnership. This program was designed to expand upon the existing summer book provision program by providing select students with individualized instruction in addition to books during the summer. The Center for Child and Family Policy (CCFP) at Duke University designed and implemented the evaluation. The initial evaluation was conducted over the summer of 2018.