[LM_NET] GEN: Higher test scores linked to certified school librarians in NYS

[Josephine Dervan <dervan@OPTONLINE.NET>]

Forgive me if this was posted previously:

Syracuse Researchers Link Higher Test Scores with Certified Librarians in Schools
 
Albany—New York State schools with certified librarians have higher scores on 
average on the fourth grade English Language Arts (
ELA) test than those who don’t, according to the findings of researchers at 
Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool).
Preliminary findings of research conducted by Professor Ruth Small and graduate 
students in the Center for Digital Literacy (
CDL) show a statistically significant increase—with an almost 10 point 
difference—in the ELA test scores among fourth-grade students whose schools had 
certified librarians over students in schools without certified librarians. 
“We believe these findings are important to consider, not only because of the 
higher 
ELA test scores,” says Small, who directs the school library media program at the 
iSchool. “These certified librarians are having a larger impact on students’ 
overall learning as well. Although we’re still analyzing the data, our preliminary 
results show that certified librarians are also more likely to provide students 
with materials that present more diverse points of view and that better support the 
curriculum than non-certified librarians.”
Certified school library media specialists are currently not mandated at the 
elementary level in New York State, but they are at the secondary level (grades 
7-12). There are currently 568,924  students in K-12 schools who do not have access 
to a certified school library media specialist.
http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=1509
 


Josephine Dervan, MLS -Online Instructor 
School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout 
dervan at optonline.net 

He who has a library and a garden, wants for nothing- Cicero 

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