Reading Across the Nation: A Chartbook

Up to one-third of American children enter kindergarten lacking at least some of the skills needed for a successful learning experience. For too many children, the preschool years have left them without the language skills necessary for literacy acquisition. The November 2007 study: Reading Across the Nation: A Chartbook provides detailed state by state information about whether parents are meeting the basic recommendations of daily reading aloud to their children. The study was put together by the Reach Out and Read National Center; the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities; the Boston University School of Medicine, and the Boston Medical Center Department of Pediatrics. To view the study in it's entirety please click on Reading Across the Nation.You will need Adobe Reader to view it.