• Less than one third of 13-year-olds are daily readers.
  • Children in home with fewer than 10 books had test scores 20-50% lower than kids from home with more than 100 books.
  • 22% of 17-year-olds read daily
  • In 2007, only 35% of high school seniors read proficiently (compared with 40% in 1992)

Source: Kindles for kids: “Any Book, Any Kid, Any Time”


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