Study: Teacher-librarians are important to reading enjoyment

The presence of a teacher-librarian was the single strongest predictor of reading enjoyment for both grades 3 and 6 students. Larger schools tended to have higher average reading enjoyment scores, and are also more likely to have teacher-librarians. 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