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Literacy Decline Mirrors Voluntary-Reading Rate

Posted by: Matt Raymond

The National Endowment for the Arts has released its latest study lending more support to the notion that when students read less for pleasure throughout their lives, their overall reading achievement also declines. An analysis of several studies indicates that test scores and voluntary reading tend to go hand in hand. From The New York …