Seventh grade reading scores rise with school library variables

For Michigan middle schools, seventh grade reading test scores usually rise as school libraries report:

• high numbers and weekly hours of librarian and total library staff;
• offering more weekly hours for flexible access/scheduling;
• librarians spending more time planning and teaching cooperatively with classroom teachers, and providing in-service training to teachers;
• larger collections of print volumes and video materials;
• access to more library and school computers that connect to Access Michigan, library catalogs and licensed databases, and the Internet and the World Wide Web;
• more frequent individual and group visits to the library; and
• spending more on library operations.