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The Familia Inventory

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The Familia Inventory is an easy-to-use diagnostic questionnaire for use in family literacy programs.  The Inventory assesses ten activities involving literacy in a family, including:
  • Family Work and Play
  • Parental Modeling
  • Shared Reading
  • Television Use
  • Writing Activities
Verbal Interaction
Parental Support of School
Library Use
Practical Reading
Support by Extended Family

The Familia Inventory has been tested with over 2000 families from varied economic, educational, and cultural backgrounds.  The results have demonstrated the Inventory to be a dependable and reliable tool for designing plans of intervention in family literacy programs.

The Familia Inventory can be used in the home or classroom with low-literate and literate families.

The Familia Inventory is on software with both English and Spanish versions and Form A (Pretest) and Form B (Posttest) for use before and after programs of intervention.

The Familia Inventory is standardized for families into the following groups:

  • Children ages 0-5
  • Children ages 6-9
  • Children ages 10-12
  • Any age combinations
EuroAmerican
African American
Hispanic American
Total population

 

The Familia Inventory demonstrates high reliability for formative and summative evaluation of your family literacy program.

The Familia Inventory is listed in Outcomes and Measures in Family Literacy Programs recently published by the National Center for Family Literacy.