Research Summary

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Research Summary

• 17 State Studies and Evidence about School
  Library Programs and Student Achievement

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Ohio Study 2003

• The data show that effective libraries are
  dynamic agents of learning.
• The library is an agent for individualized
  learning, knowledge construction and academic
  achievement.
• The school librarian plays a critical role in
  facilitating student learning for building
  knowledge.

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Missouri, Oregon, Florida, New Mexico, Illinois

• Statistically significant effect on student
  learning connected with
• SLMS collaborative planning/teaching
• Student use of library, number of visits
• Access to professional SLMS
• Interlibrary loan and other expanded resource
  bases for inquiry
• Access to online information resources

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17 State Studies

• A matrix of essential attributes of school
  library programs, of the actions of school
  library media specialists, and of the character
  of resource based learning experiences emerges
  with bold clarity from these studies.

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17 State Studies

• Building school library programs that model the
  exact matrix and apply supportive research
  regarding instruction in information problem
  solving and literacy, results in positive
  outcomes for young learners.
• Learners will

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17 State Studies

•  Improve their performance on state and local
  assessments
• 8 to 25 boosts documented
•  Raise their reading scores 10 or more in many
  studies
• Develop information problem solving skills
• Develop understanding of the world that supports
  new learning
•  

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17 State Studies

• Achieve a sense of their own cognitive efficacy
• Work with others to access, use and share
  information
• Construct questions for research activities that
  are based on understanding of big ideas

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17 State Studies Learners will

•  Improve performance with well designed
  assessment tools and opportunities for
  information literacy instruction
• Engage actively in learning
• Reflect on the process of solving problems with
  information
• Improve performance with coaching from teachers,
  school library media specialists, student
  mentors, and community members
•  SUCCEED

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17 State Studies

• 43,000 young learners in 15 states proved, as the
  Oregon Study proclaims, that Good schools have
  school librarians. And the role of that school
  librarian - collaborator, technological leader,
  teacher, resource provider, is the well
  documented secret of success.

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17 State Studies

• Essential attributes of the school library media
  program correlating with improved student
  performance and reading scores in the 15 state
  studies are

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17 State Studies

•  Increased access to the school library media
  center
• More hours of instruction in information literacy
  by the school library media specialist
• More hours of collaboration between school
  library media specialist and classroom teachers
• Increased access to quality databases and the
  Internet

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17 State Studies

• Increased access to networked computers
• Increased access to computer software, CD-ROMs,
  online magazines
• Integration of the curriculum and information
  literacy
• Access to quality information resources, print
  and electronic

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17 State Studies

• Increased collaborative planning between School
  library media specialists and teachers
• Access to more books and magazines per 100
  students
•   Extended hours for the school library media
  center
• Alignment of the school library with state
  curriculum guidelines
• Visits groups who are there for instruction

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17 State Studies

• Increased usage of the library by individuals and
  groups who are there for instruction
• Increased number of flexible hours for the school
  library and school library media specialist
• Increased expenditures for the school library

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17 State Studies

• Essential actions of the school library media
  specialist correlating with improved performance
  and reading scores in 15 states which will be
  incorporated in this grant proposal

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17 State Studies- SLMS Actions

• Collaborative planning and teaching with
  classroom teachers
• Technological leadership and involvement in
  technology planning
• Teaching information literacy skills in the
  context of the curriculum
• Training in collaborative planning and
  integration for teachers and school library media
  specialists

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17 State Studies-SLMS Actions

• Integrating information problem solving skills
  within the curriculum
• Collection development, selecting and acquiring
  quality information resources and literature in
  conjunction with teachers
• Alignment of the library with state standards
• Instructional leadership by the school library
  media specialist

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17 State Studies-SLMS Actions

• Instructional leadership by the school library
  media specialist
• Collegiality and rapport between the teachers
  and the school library media specialist
• Professional skills shared with students and
  teachers
• Engage students in substantive conversations
  about research questions, processes, products
• Coaching students and supplying strategies for
  reflection, improvement, and problem solving