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National Reading Month

Benefits of Reading

Benefits of Independent Reading

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".