Parents - In Support of Summer Reading
The Role of Public Libraries in Children's Literacy Development
A study from the Pennsylvania Department of Education Office of Commonwealth Libraries which examined how preschool and summer reading programs contribute to children's reading skills.
Evaluation of the Public Library Summer Reading Program: Books and Beyond
An examination of the effectiveness of the 2001 Summer Reading Program in five California counties, which strove to help children in grades pre-K through three to improve and retain their reading skills over the summer and to encourage parents to play an active role in their children's reading.
Summer Book Reading and the Achievement Gap: The Role of Public Libraries
A study by Dr. Jimmy Kim of Harvard University which looked at the differences in summer book reading by student background and by public library reading program and the effect of book reading on improvements in fall reading scores.
Building Effective Programs for Summer Learning
A report considering the children who need summer reading programs the most and the best ways to reach them.
Summer Reading: An Educational Value
Statistics and information supporting the value of summer reading from the Alaska State Library.
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