Research shows that certified librarians and greater investment in school libraries are tied to improved academic outcomes for students. Fort Worth Independent School District conducted a study to "determine if there was a significant difference between the schools flagged by the state for chronically low academic achievement and the schools with high achievement despite a greater than 70% economically disadvantaged population."
“Our findings were that students at the higher performing schools checked out twice as many books as students at IR (Improvement Required) schools and the circulation of Spanish language books was 40% higher,” Cook said. “The higher performing schools allocated an average of $2.30 more per student for library books than the IR schools and had 15% more books in their library collections.”
Fort Worth Independent School District. (2021). Kids are not reading at grade level. Why don't all Fort Worth schools invest in books? Forth Worth Star-Telegram.
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crossroads-lab/article253693598.html
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