Did you know that reading just 4 to 5 books during the summer can help prevent a decline in a childs fall reading scores?
• Access to books exerts a positive and significant effect on summer book reading independent of other student activities. Kim, Summer Reading and the Ethnic Achievement Gap, 2004 • In a single academic year, the decline in reading proficiency resulted in an estimated three-month achievement gap between more advantaged and less advantaged students. Cooper, Nye, Charlton, Lindsay, & Greathouse, 1996 (as included in Maryann Mraz and Timothy V. Rasinski, Summer Reading Loss, 2007) • Did you know? In a year, the average American youth spends 900 hours in school and over 1,023 hours watching television. Barber, B. Harper’s, Nov. 1993:41; Nielson, Media Research, 2000. • By the end of 5th grade, low-income children are approximately 2.5 years behind their more affluent peers, primarily because of summer learning loss. Cooper, H., Nye, B., Charlton, K., Lindsay, J., & Greathouse, S. (1996). The effects of summer vacation on achievement test scores: A narrative and meta-analytic review. REVIEW
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