RT Journal
A1 Mendelsohn AL
T1 Addressing disparities in school readiness through promotion of parenting in well-child care: The broader context of let's read
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2012
FD November 1
VO 166
IS 11
SP 1071
OP 1073
DO 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.154
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.154
AB 
Poverty-related disparities in early development, school readiness, and educational achievement represent a major public health crisis.1 In 2011, 48% of fourth-grade children in low-income families in the United States read at the below-basic level compared with only 18% of children from families with more resources.2 A recent instrumental variable analysis demonstrated that each $10 000 reduction in household income is associated with a half standard deviation reduction in child educational achievement.3