new Study Reveals Kids Who Read More are Better Readers

The UK based National Literacy Trust has recently released a the results of a study. After testing over 18 thousand children in the UK, the Trust concluded that the ones who read more books each month were also better readers.

Sorry for the obviousness of the title; that’s really what the report says.

The survey notes that 15% of children read less than 1 book each month and 10% read 10 or more books each month. It also notes that 80% of heavy readers tested above grade level for reading while only 30% of the casual readers tested as high.

There was one new and not-obvious piece of data in the report.

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