Study: Effective School Libraries Impact Entire Schools, Not Just Test Scores - 89 views
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Researchers note that effective school libraries reflect strong cooperation, collaboration, and communication among classroom teachers, administrators and school librarians.
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Massey notes that most administrators don't know what an effective school library program looks like, and therefore don't understand how they can improve academic achievement.
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"An effective school library impacts more than student achievement-it also lifts a school's entire educational climate, says a recent two-phase study by Rutgers University's Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) on behalf of the New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL)."