• A child’s reading level has a direct correlation to test scores. If you read on grade level, there is an extremely high percent chance you will score on grade level. Below, good chance you will score below.

 

• You get better at reading, by reading. Not listening to adults talk about it. Not thinking about it. Not staring out the window. Eyes on print matters. 

 

• When students don’t read, their reading levels drop – they don’t just remain stagnant. Not reading doesn’t just freeze your development, instead it puts it in reverse course.

 

http://christopherlehman.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/the-book-gap/