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NEA reading stats
Nov. 19th, 2007 03:04 pmOur local paper had a short page-two blurb about the latest NEA stats on US reading skills, and then ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
eeedge reposted another press release/report about the same story, which made me wonder about the underlying stats. A PDF of the full report, "To Read or Not to Read", can be read here.
(Tangent: last week, the local library tried out a new literacy program in which small groups of children took turns reading to "therapy dogs", on the theory that the dogs would reduce the stress for diffident readers and provide general warm fuzzies.)( Read more... )
eeedge reposted another press release/report about the same story, which made me wonder about the underlying stats. A PDF of the full report, "To Read or Not to Read", can be read here.(Tangent: last week, the local library tried out a new literacy program in which small groups of children took turns reading to "therapy dogs", on the theory that the dogs would reduce the stress for diffident readers and provide general warm fuzzies.)( Read more... )