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Do School Libraries Really Make a Difference?
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Do School Libraries Really Make a Difference?
Read these facts and then decide for yourself.
Do test scores improve with the presence of a certified librarian?
In elementary schools with a certified (vs. non-
certified) library media specialist, students
have significantly higher achievement scores
on the 4th grade ELA test.Source: Small, Ruth V., Jaime Snyder, and Katie Parker. New York State’s School Libraries and Library Media Specialists: An Impact
Study. Preliminary Report. Syracuse, NY: Center for Digital Literacy, Syracuse University, 2008. http://www.nyla.org/content/user_1/Preliminary_Report_Small.pdf.
Do test scores improve with the presence of a certified librarian?
The presence of trained library staff is
associated with higher achievement in
reading for grade 6 students… approximately
5.5 percentile points higher than the average.Source: Ontario Library Association, Queen’s University, and People for Education. School
Libraries & Student Achievement in Ontario. Toronto: Ontario Library Association, 2006. http://www.accessola.com/data/6/rec_docs/137_eqao_pfe_study_2006.pdf.
Library Humor! Yes, there is such a thing…
Do test scores improve with the presence of a certified librarian?
Students in better staffed programs [i.e., those with more library media specialists and more LMS hours] scored 8.4 to 21.8 percent higher on ACT English tests and 11.7 to 16.7 percent higher on ACT Reading tests compared to students in schools where library media programs had fewer resources.
Source: Smith, Ester G. Student Learning Through Wisconsin School Library Media Centers: Library Media Specialist Survey Report. 2006. http://www.dpi.wi.gov/imt/pdf/finallmssurvey06.pdf
Why do schools need a full-time, certified librarian?
In Minnesota schools with above average
student scores on the Grade 3, 5, and 8
reading tests, 66.8% were schools where the
media specialist worked full-time. Source: Baxter, Susan J. and Ann Walker Smalley. Check It Out! The Results of
the School Library Media Program Census / Minnesota School Library Media Programs. Final Report. St. Paul, Minn.: Metronet, 2003. http://metronet.lib.mn.us/survey/final_report.pdf.
Why do schools need a full-time, certified librarian?
(In Minnesota), twice as many schools with
above average scores had full-time media
specialists. Source: Baxter, Susan J. and Ann Walker Smalley. Check It Out! The Results of
the School Library Media Program Census / Minnesota School Library Media Programs. Final Report. St. Paul, Minn.: Metronet, 2003. http://metronet.lib.mn.us/survey/final_report.pdf.
Why do schools need a full-time, certified librarian?
Student reading achievement in elementary
and secondary schools is related to
increases in school library media program
spending.Source: Baxter, Susan J. and Ann Walker Smalley. Check It Out! The Results of
the School Library Media Program Census / Minnesota School Library Media Programs. Final Report. St. Paul, Minn.: Metronet, 2003. http://metronet.lib.mn.us/survey/final_report.pdf.
Why do schools need a full-time, certified librarian?
The presence of a teacher-librarian was the single
strongest predictor of reading enjoyment for both
grades 3 and 6 students. Schools with teacher-
librarians could be expected to have reading
enjoyment scores that were 8 percentile points
higher than average.Source: Ontario Library Association, Queen’s University, and People for Education. School
Libraries & Student Achievement in Ontario. Toronto: Ontario Library Association, 2006. http://www.accessola.com/data/6/rec_docs/137_eqao_pfe_study_2006.pdf.
Why do schools need a full-time, certified librarian?
Students whose library media specialists played an instructional
role—either by identifying materials to be used with teacher-
planned instructional units or by collaborating with teachers in
planning instructional units—tend to achieve higher average
test scores.Source: Lance, Keith Curry, Marcia J. Rodney, and Christine Hamilton-Pennell. How School Librarians Help Kids Achieve Standards:
The Second Colorado Study. Colorado State Library and Colorado Department of Education, April 2000.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data /ericdocs2sql/content_storage _01/0000019b/80/16/84/2f.pdf
Why do elementary schools need a full-time, certified librarian?
Four out of five schools (over 80 percent) with full-time librarians had more students [i.e., average or above] who earned proficient or above proficient test scores on the CAT5 tests for reading, language arts, and mathematics.
Source: Lance, Keith Curry, Christine Hamilton-Pennell, and Marcia J. Rodney with Lois A. Petersen and Clara Sitter. Information Empowered: The School Librarian as an Agent of Academic Achievement in Alaska Schools. Revised Edition. Juneau: Alaska State Library, 2000. http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/16/55/0b.pdf
What impact does a part-time library have on elementary school students?
Among [elementary] schools with only part-time librarians, two out of three (over 65 percent) had more high-achievement students—a lower proportion than for schools with full-time librarians, but a higher one than for schools with no librarian at all. Among the latter group of schools, fewer than three out of five (less than 60 percent) had more high-achievement students.
Source: Lance, Keith Curry, Christine Hamilton-Pennell, and Marcia J. Rodney with Lois A. Petersen and Clara Sitter. Information Empowered: The School Librarian as an Agent of Academic Achievement in Alaska Schools. Revised Edition. Juneau: Alaska State Library, 2000. http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/16/55/0b.pdf
More Library Humor…
Why do secondary schools need a full-time, certified librarian?
Nine out of ten schools (over 90 percent) with full-time
librarians had more students who earned proficient
or above proficient test scores. Source: Lance, Keith Curry, Christine Hamilton-Pennell, and Marcia J. Rodney
with Lois A. Petersen and Clara Sitter. Information Empowered: The School Librarian as an Agent of Academic Achievement in Alaska Schools. Revised Edition. Juneau: Alaska State Library, 2000. http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/16/55/0b.pdf
Why should we spend money on a library program?
The library media programs in the 25 top scoring high schools [based on tenth grade performance on standardized reading tests] had … 14.9 percent more operating dollars per student [than the 25 lowest scoring schools] ($29.19 vs. $25.40).
Source: Smith, Ester G. Student Learning Through Wisconsin School Library Media Centers: Library Media Specialist Survey Report. 2006. http://www.dpi.wi.gov/imt/pdf/finallmssurvey06.pdf
Why should we spend money on a library program?
Students in high school library media programs with
larger operating budgets scored [almost eight
percent] better on ACT Reading and [more than 18
percent better on ACT] English than students in high
schools with library media programs with smaller
budgets. Source: Smith, Ester G. Student Learning Through Wisconsin School Library Media Centers:
Library Media Specialist Survey Report. 2006. http://www.dpi.wi.gov/imt/pdf/finallmssurvey06.pdf
Why should we spend money on a library program?
[T]he library media programs in the top [25 elementary] schools [based on fourth grade performance on standardized reading tests] had … 7.7 percent more library media program dollars per student [than the 25 lowest scoring schools] ($27.80 vs. $25.80). Source: Smith, Ester G. Student Learning Through Wisconsin School Library Media Centers: Library Media Specialist Survey Report. 2006. http://www.dpi.wi.gov/imt/pdf/finallmssurvey06.pdf
Why should we spend money on a library program?
The library media programs in the 25 top middle/junior
high schools [based on eighth grade performance on
standardized reading tests] … had … 19.3 percent
more operating dollars per student [than the 25 lowest
scoring schools] ($24.76 vs. $20.76).Source: Smith, Ester G. Student Learning Through Wisconsin School Library Media Centers: Library Media
Specialist Survey Report. 2006. http://www.dpi.wi.gov/imt/pdf/finallmssurvey06.pdf
Why should we spend money on a library program?
Better-funded school library media programs help to close the achievement gap for poor and minority students and poor and crowded schools.
There is a positive relationship between total library expenditures in high schools and both PSAE reading scores and ACT scores of eleventh-graders persists, despite community income, per pupil spending, the teacher-pupil ratio, and student’s race/ethnicity.
Source: Lance, Keith Curry, Marcia J. Rodney, and Christine Hamilton-Pennell. Powerful Libraries Make Powerful Learners: The Illinois Study. Canton, Ill.: Illinois School Library Media Association, 2005. http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/illinoisstudy/TheStudy.pdf
What impact does a part-time library have on secondary school students?
Among [secondary] schools with only part-time librarians, almost seven
out of ten (almost 70 percent) had more high-achievement students—a
lower proportion than for schools with full-time librarians, but a higher
one than for schools with no librarian at all. Among the latter group of
schools [i.e., no librarian at all], only about half (just over 50 percent)
had more high-achievement students.
Source: Lance, Keith Curry, Christine Hamilton-Pennell, and Marcia J. Rodney with Lois A. Petersen and Clara Sitter. Information Empowered: The School Librarian as an Agent of Academic Achievement in Alaska Schools. Revised Edition. Juneau: Alaska State Library, 2000. http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/16/55/0b.pdf
Any other benefits of having a certified librarian in a school?
Library media specialists have an important role to play
regarding the use of technology to support teaching
and learning in their schools. Seventy-four percent of
respondents provide guidance to students in the use
of digital resources at least once a week.Source: Small, Ruth V., Jaime Snyder, and Katie Parker. New York State’s School Libraries and Library Media
Specialists: An Impact Study. Preliminary Report. Syracuse, NY: Center for Digital Literacy, Syracuse University, 2008. http://www.nyla.org/content/user_1/Preliminary_Report_Small.pdf.
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Any other benefits of having a certified librarian in a school?
Four out of five responding library media specialists reported the
occurrence of various activities on at least a weekly or monthly
basis. These included: teachers asking the library media
specialist for instructional design resources (78%). Three out of
five reported … teachers asking for help in learning new
information-seeking skills (57%). About half of library media
specialists reported that, on a weekly or monthly basis, they
provide in-service learning opportunities to teachers (48%). Source: Keith Curry Lance, Marcia J. Rodney, and Becky Russell. How Students,
Teachers, and Principals Benefit from Strong School Libraries: The Indiana Study. 2007. http://www.ilfonline.org/aime/indata.htm
Does administrative support matter?
Across grade levels, better-performing schools tended to be those
whose principals placed a higher value on having their library
media specialist provide in-service opportunities to classroom
teachers
Source: Keith Curry Lance, Marcia J. Rodney, and Becky Russell. How Students,
Teachers, and Principals Benefit from Strong School Libraries: The Indiana
Study. 2007. http://www.ilfonline.org/aime/indata.htm
The last word
School libraries provide equitable physical and
intellectual access to the resources and tools
required for learning in a warm, stimulating,
and safe environment. Source: American Association of School Librarians. Standards for the 21st Century Learner.
Chicago: ALA, 2007. http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/AASL_Learning_Standards_2007.pdf
The last word
School librarians collaborate with others to
provide instruction, learning strategies, and
practice in using the essential learning skills
needed in the 21st century. Source: American Association of School Librarians. Standards for the 21st Century Learner.
Chicago: ALA, 2007. http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/AASL_Learning_Standards_2007.pdf
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