Leverage Your Library Program to Help Raise Test Scores: A Guide for Library Media Specialists, Principals, Teachers, and Parents - Paperback

by Audrey Church (Author)

The research is in: strong library media programs can help hike test scores. Now teachers, administrators, other educators, and parents can raise their awareness of the causal connections between the two. This book explains major studies' findings and the implications for instruction, examines elements of successful media programs, and defines a clear, practical call to action for educators and parents to advocate for school libraries within their own spheres of influence. If academic achievement is the bottom line, here are the elements you must include in your library media program. Includes complete bibliography.

- Discover how library media programs contribute to student achievement
- Appropriate for all grade levels--from K-12 to higher education
- Addresses all stakeholdes involved in facilitating student learning

Author Biography

Audrey P. Church is the coordinator, School Library Media Program at Longwood University in Farmville, VA.