Sarah Gray

Leveraging Research to Drive More Equitable Reading Outcomes: An Update

Sharon Goldfeld, Sarah Gray, Cindy Pham, Hannah Badland, Sue Woolfenden, Edward Schor, Meredith O'Connor

Journal article  |  2022  |  Academic Pediatrics

Home reading and preschool interventions can reduce socioeconomic inequities in children's reading skills and future health morbid..

Effects of a professional development program on emergent literacy-promoting practices and environments in early childhood education and care

Catriona Elek, Sarah Gray, Sue West, Sharon Goldfeld

Journal article  |  2022  |  EARLY YEARS

The years from birth to five are critical for building the emergent literacy skills that precede learning to read and write. Early..

Inequities in Children's Reading Skills: The Role of Home Reading and Preschool Attendance.

Sharon Goldfeld, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Shuaijun Guo, Fiona Mensah, Elodie O'Connor, Sarah Gray, Shiau Chong, Sue Woolfenden, Katrina Williams, Amanda Kvalsvig, Hannah Badland, Francisco Azpitarte, Meredith O'Connor

Journal article  |  2021  |  Academic Pediatrics

Objective Children from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds have poorer learning outcomes. These inequities are a signific..

Do risk factors for adolescent internalising difficulties differ depending on childhood internalising experiences?

Meredith O'Connor, Helena Romaniuk, Sarah Gray, Galina Daraganova

Journal article  |  2020  |  SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

PURPOSE: This study aimed to examine the continuity of internalising difficulties from childhood to adolescence, and determine if ..

Trends in preschool attendance in Australia following major policy reform: Updated evidence six years following a commitment to universal access

Meredith O'Connor, Elodie O'Connor, Sarah Gray, Sharon Goldfeld

Journal article  |  2020  |  EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH QUARTERLY

Major policy reforms were instigated in 2008 in Australia to ensure that all children have access to a preschool program in the ye..

Reading and Math Tests Differentially Predict Number Transcoding and Number Fact Speed Longitudinally: A Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Approach

Jacob M Paul, Sarah A Gray, Brian L Butterworth, Robert A Reeve

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Children's early math abilities have been claimed to depend differentially on various cognitive competencies (e.g., core number sk..

Driving Precision Policy Responses to Child Health and Developmental Inequities

Sharon Goldfeld, Sarah Gray, Francisco Azpitarte, Dan Cloney, Fiona Mensah, Gerry Redmond, Katrina Williams, Sue Woolfenden, Meredith O'Connor

Journal article  |  2019  |  Health Equity

The growing evidence base on the extent of and opportunities to reduce inequities in children's health and development still lacks..

Profiles of Mental Health Competence and Difficulties as Predictors of Children's Early Learning

Elodie O'Connor, Meredith O'Connor, Sarah Gray, Sharon Goldfeld

Journal article  |  2018  |  SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH

There is increasing acknowledgement of the importance of the early years of school in laying the foundations for children’s learni..

Variability in Single Digit Addition Problem-Solving Speed Over Time Identifies Typical, Delay and Deficit Math Pathways

Robert A Reeve, Sarah A Gray, Brian L Butterworth, Jacob M Paul

Journal article  |  2018  |  FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

We assessed the degree to which the variability in the time children took to solve single digit addition (SDA) problems longitudin..

Can a teacher-reported indicator be used for population monitoring of oral language skills at school entry?

Sarah Gray, Amanda Kvalsvig, Meredith O'Connor, Elodie O'Connor, Emily Incledon, Joanne Tarasuik, Sharon Goldfeld

Journal article  |  2018  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

PURPOSE: Monitoring oral language skills at the population level would provide valuable data to inform policy decisions to better ..