In this study, a large number of low-income Florida grade school kids were allowed to select a dozen free books to take home over summer vacation. After three years of this treatment, their reading scores were compared with the reading ... Then the researchers, led by Richard Allington of the University of Tennessee, looked at those students' test scores. They found that the students who brought the books home had significantly higher reading scores than other students. ...
by Anne McGill-Franzen and Richard bAllington/b, Educational Leadership, April 2008. Members log in for full access.) Too many students, especially poor students, spend their summers with restricted access to books that might engage them in reading. ... School libraries are typically the largest and nearest supply of age-appropriate books for low-income students, but in too many cases there is no access to school and classroom libraries during summer bvacation/b. ...
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