Passing by a lunch line, we could hear book discussions. Many students began selecting books by author rather than title and reading other works by the same author. These behaviors demonstrated to us that this program was having a positive effect on students in regard to becoming lifelong readers and lifelong learners. In the program, students select books with reading levels within their tested Zones of Proximal Development. That is, the reading range at which maximum reading growth can be attained.
Students then take tests on the books they have read and score redeemable points.
Library circulation continues to increase at a greater rate than the student population. Reading is a skill. Skill improves with practice.