The More You Read, the Better You Get at It

The more you read, the better you get at it. The past 30 years of reading research confirms this simple formula. Students who read the most also read the best and stay in school longest. Conversely, those who don't read much cannot get better at it. We have a higher proportion of children in poverty, and their scores decline as they go through school. This demonstrates that american chil begin reading at a level that is among the best in the world. But since reading is an accrude skill and us, children appear to do less of it as they grow older,. Their scores decline when compared with countries where children read more as they mature.