Abstract
BRADLEY, ROBERT H., and CALDWELL, BETTYE M. The HOME Inventory: A Validation of the Preschool Scale for Black Children. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1981, 52, 708-710. The validity of the preschool version of the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory was examined using 30 male and 30 female black children The home environments of children were assessed when the children were between 3 and 5 years old. The children's academic achievement was assessed during the primary grades using the SRA Achievement battery. Results showed a moderate relation between preschool HOME scores and achievement (around .5). For males the relation seemed largely independent of maternal education and child IQ, but not so for females. The pattern of correlation between HOME subscales and achievement indicated that several of the environmental processes assessed by HOME had independent relations to academic performance among black children. Thus, it appears that the HOME Inventory might be useful in screening black children in order to identify those at risk for school failure.
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