[LM_NET] Reading scores continue to decline

[Floyd <calaf@CHARTER.NET>]

I couldn't help but think about the problems with the library  
profession being under attack (cf. the Spokane school district's recent  
demotion of elementary librarians to half-time status) and the  
continuing decline in student reading score is just more than a  
coincidence. I would think this would be further ammunition for trying  
to convince our senators and representatives to sign on to the SKILLs  
Act.

American Students Drop to 13-Year Low in Reading Test (Update1)

By Brian Kladko

Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Reading skills among U.S. students graduating  
from high school this year fell to the lowest since 1994 as measured by  
the most widely taken college-entrance exam.

Reading scores on the SAT declined 1 point to 502 after a 5- point drop  
last year, the test's operator, the College Board, reported today. The  
decline in 2006 had been the largest in three decades. Average math  
results fell 3 points to 515, and writing grades also declined 3  
points, to 494.

Complete story:  
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news? 
pid=20601087&sid=aCzU5vmpIa.g&refer=home

Floyd Pentlin
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