Independent Reading Time Benefits; online survey of 552 educators in the United States conducted in 2016 by Scholastic and YouGov.
Reading Benefit |
Percent of Respondents |
Students' skills have increased/students are achieving more |
38% |
Students are empowered and engaged with reading and learning |
32% |
Students learn to love reading |
24% |
A culture of sharing has been created among students (among teachers only) |
19% |
A culture of reading has been created |
9% |
Students have more opportunity to read a variety of books and to use the library |
9% |
Everyone gets a chance to read |
9% |
Teachers model behaviors (among principals & school librarians only) |
5% |
This content is adapted from Scholastic and YouGov's, "Teacher & Principal School Report: Focus on Literacy".