Keith Curry Lance

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Keith Curry Lance Marcia J. Rodney Christine
Hamilton-Pennell RSL Research Group
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Building Blocks of the Study

• Literature Review
• School Library Survey
• Data
• Test scores
• ISAT Reading Writing, 5th 8th
• PSAE Reading ACT, 11th
• Other school data
• Community data
• Success stories

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Library Predictors of Test Scores

• Flexible scheduling
• Staffing
• Staff activities
• Collection

• Educational technology
• Expenditures
• Usage

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More flexibly scheduled hours ? higher test
scores
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More library staff ? higher test scores
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More librarians ? higher test scores
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More time identifying materials for teachers ?
higher test scores
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More collaborating teaching librarians ?
higher test scores
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Larger, newer collections ? higher test
scores
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More library-connected computers ? higher test
scores
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More spent on libraries ? higher test scores
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Slide excerpts from the ISLMA slide presentation
located at http//www.islma.org/