These magic
numbers could help struggling readers succeed.
School
Leaders Now: 3.22.2018 by Dr. Gene M. Kerns and Dr. Jan Bryan
Can
reading practice help transform struggling readers into successful readers? And
by doing so, can we change the trajectory of their long-term educational
careers—perhaps even influence their odds of graduating from high school and
attending college? The following ten statistics about struggling readers and
reading growth, originally included in a recent article series by Renaissance, show how even
a small increase in daily reading practice could make a huge difference for all
students.
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Reading
Practice by the Numbers:
1.
6 More Minutes
Results
from the world’s largest annual study of K–12 student reading habits found
that students who started the year as struggling readers but ended the year at
or above benchmark each day read just six more minutes than
struggling readers who did not meet benchmark.
2.
15 Minutes Per Day
An
analysis of more than 9.9 million students found that only those students who
read 15 minutes or more per day made accelerated reading
gains.
3.
54 Percent of All Students
Worryingly,
more than half of all students do not get enough daily reading practice. A mere
18 percent of students read 30 minutes or more per day, and another 28 percent
had 15 to 29 minutes of daily engaged reading time. The remainder—54 percent—read
less than 15 minutes per day!
4.
23 Percent of Third Graders
In
a longitudinal study of nearly 4,000 students, researchers found that nearly 1
in 4 students (23 percent) with “below-basic” reading skills in third grade had
not graduated high school by age 19. Among “proficient” third-grade readers,
only 1 in 25 (4 percent) did not graduate.
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