85%OF FAMILIES

AGREE

85%OF FAMILIES

AGREE

94%OF FAMILIES

AGREE

Family Literacy Nights helped them support their children’s reading

Books their children received contributed to them reading more over the summer

Family Literacy Nights were a good way to connect families and schools

1,700+K–6 STUDENTS

5SCHOOLS

10 BOOKSself-selected by students

5LITERACY NIGHTS

SUMMER BOOK SCHOOLS

RECEIVED RESOURCES FOR THE SUMMER

CONTROL SCHOOLS

RECEIVED RESOURCES AFTER THE SUMMER

More Summer Book students read over the summer

% OF STUDENTS WHO SAID THEY DID NOT READ OVER THE SUMMER

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Summer Book families overwhelmingly found Summer Reading Spotlight helpful

SUPPORTING SUMMER LITERACY BENEFITS STUDENTS & FAMILIES

Fewer Summer Book students experienced summer reading loss

6%SUMMER BOOK

SCHOOLS

14%CONTROL SCHOOLSVS.

In 2017, Scholastic collaborated with Stoughton Public Schools in Massachusetts to implementSummer Reading Spotlight: Stoughton 2017 to determine the impact of building students’ home libraries and engaging families in summer reading activities.

3rd graders displayed the most confidenceBASED ON TIERS FROM AIMSWEBPLUS ORAL READING FLUENCY SCORES

ADVANCED READERS STRIVING READERS

43%CONTROLSCHOOLS

21%SUMMER BOOK

SCHOOLS 30%CONTROLSCHOOLS

34%SUMMER BOOK

SCHOOLS

87%AGREE

90%AGREE

Reading was important

over the summer

They are better readers because they read over the summer

SUMMER BOOK STUDENTS IN 3RD GRADE