Academics
Here's the impact of
READING
20 minutes per day!
A student who reads
20
minutes per day
will be exposed to 1.8 MILLION words per year and is more likely to score in the 90th PERCENTILE on standardized tests
A student who reads
5
minutes per day
will be exposed to 282,000 words per year and is more likely to score in the 50th PERCENTILE on standardized tests
Source: Nagy, Anderson and Herman, 1987
(Scholastic)
A student who reads
1
minute per day
will be exposed to 8,000 words per year and is more likely to score in the 10th PERCENTILE on standardized tests