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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Except Child. 2017 Jul 3;84(1):55–75. doi: 10.1177/0014402917705855

Table 5.

Multilevel Model Treatment Effects Results for Emergent Literacy Outcomes (Models 2–3)

Fixed Effects Phono Aware Print Know Word Read



Model 2 Model 3 Model 2 Model 3 Model 2 Model 3






Coeff p d* Coeff p d* Coeff p d* Coeff p d* Coeff p d* Coeff p d*
Intercept (Gain) 7.96 .003 8.18 .001 −0.02 .990 0.13 .924 0.55 .718 0.80 .601
 IBR Effect −1.62 .354 −.12 −1.20 .507 −.09 0.93 .411 .10 1.50 .198 .16 −1.30 .466 −.11 −0.77 .670 −.07
 PA Effect 5.45 .003 .39 5.00 .007 .36 −0.24 .836 −.02 −0.61 .607 −.06 1.24 .434 .11 0.98 .533 .09
 Pretest −4.79 <.001 −.34 −4.60 .001 −.33 −6.77 <.001 −.70 −7.06 <.001 −.74 −4.13 <.001 −.36 −4.60 <.001 −.41
 Class Obs: PA 1.53 .217 .11 0.43 .601 .04 2.34 .060 .21
 Class Obs: OL 1.85 .159 .13 0.74 .388 .08 1.29 .307 .11
 Class Obs: SR −0.17 .902 −.01 −1.02 .262 −.11 −0.78 .616 −.07

Random Effects Var p Var p Var p Var p Var p Var p

Teachers 14.77 .110 14.57 .161 6.41 .129 7.62 .092 40.45 <.001 39.08 <.001
Districts 10.60 .057 4.47 .179 11.65 .002 7.63 .015 0.03 >.500 0.02 >.500
Residual 173.01 172.80 76.44 74.72 92.65 87.13

Model Indices

No. Parameters 7 10 7 10 7 10
Deviance (-2LL) 1013 994 950 933 697 677

Note. N= 13 3 students (47 Interactive Book Reading (IBR), 42 Phonological Awareness (PA), and 44 Business-as-Usual (BAU)), 57 teachers, and 8 districts. For Model 3, IBR n = 45 due to two missing Cohort 3 students’ classroom observations. Cohort 1 missing word reading outcome; thus for both models on word reading, ns = 26, 42, and 23, for IBR, PA, and BAU, respectively. Phono Aware = phonological awareness as measured by the Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing Phonological Awareness subtest; Print Know = print knowledge as measured by the Test of Preschool Early Literacy Print Knowledge subtest; Word Read = word reading as measured by the Woodcock Johnson III Letter-Word Identification subtest. All tests in standard scores. Pretest = respective pretest standard score, in z-scores; Class Obs = minutes observed during classroom observation that student participated (within 60-minute period), in z-scores (PA = phonological awareness, OL = oral language, and SR = storybook reading). Observed p-values reported; significant adjusted p-values (p < 0.017) are in boldface.