The every other year about how 6-17 year old students just came out based on the Fall 2014 data. http://www.scholastic.com/readingreport/Scholastic-KidsAndFamilyReadingReport-5thEdition.pdf Here are their big points about their findings: Kids & Reading Half of all children ages 6–17 (51%) are currently reading a book for fun and another one in five (20%) just finished one. Both parents of children ages 6–17 (71%) and kids (54%) rank strong reading skills as the most important skill a child should have. Yet while 86% of parents say reading books for fun is extremely or very important, only 46% of kids say the same. Three-quarters of parents with children ages 6–17 (75%) agree “I wish my child would read more books for fun,” and 71% agree “I wish my child would do more things that did not involve screen time.” What Makes Frequent Readers Frequent readers, defined as children who read books for fun 5–7 days a week, differ subs...
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