Research

The Research on School Libraries and Academic Achievement

Researchers have proven that quality school library programs with a certified school librarian who teaches information literacy skills to students improves academic achievement. Conducted over the past 30 years and 22 states, these statewide studies examined students’ standardized reading test scores and other indicators of student learning and correlated them to components of school library programs.

For a review of this research, visit the following sites:

Kachel, Debra E. School Library Impact Studies Project. Mansfield University School Library & Information Technologies. Mansfield University, 23 Feb. 2011. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. 

http://library.mansfield.edu/impact.asp.  Or print the booklet “School Library Research Summarized: A Graduate Class Project”

School Libraries Work! 3rd ed. N.p.: Scholastic, 2008. Scholastic. Web. 2 Feb. 2011.

"School Library Impact Studies." Library Research Service. Library Research Service, 2010. Web. 2 Feb. 2011.