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Download full textLance, Keith Curry; Rodney, Marcia J.; Hamilton-Pennell, Christine – 2000
In 1993, the Colorado State Library published "The Impact of School Library Media Centers on Academic Achievement." This follow-up study focuses attention on the library media specialist and the services she or he provides throughout the building, rather than just the library media center as a specific place, and emphasizes the fact that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Lance, Keith Curry; Rodney, Marcia J.; Steffen, Nicolle – 2001
This document contains statistics and input-output measures for Colorado school libraries and media centers. High schools, middle/junior high schools, and elementary schools are each subdivided into sections by population. Each section includes the school identification (district, address, city, county, zip code); respondent identification (name,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Services, Learning Resources Centers, Library Administration
Lance, Keith Curry; Rodney, Marcia J.; Hamilton-Pennell, Christine – 2000
This study establishes the link between the presence of adequate school library staffing and higher academic achievement as indicated by PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading scores. School library staffing is correlated with such scores; as library staffing rises, reading scores rise. This correlation is not explained away by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education
Lance, Keith Curry; Rodney, Marcia J.; Hamilton-Pennell, Christine – 2000
This document reports on a project that examined the impact of school library media centers on academic achievement in Pennsylvania. The project also determined the impact on academic achievement of: specific activities of certified school librarians; principal and teacher support of school library programs; and information technology,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education
Lance, Keith Curry; Rodney, Marcia J. – 1999
This document contains statistics and input-output measures for Colorado school library media centers. Statistics are provided in the three main categories of high schools, junior high/middle schools and elementary schools, and further subdivided into sections by enrollment size of schools within each category. For each section, the following…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology, Learning Resources Centers, Library Equipment
Lance, Keith Curry; Hamilton-Pennell, Christine; Rodney, Marcia J. – 2000
This study is an assessment of the impact of Alaska school librarians on academic achievement in the state's public schools. It examines the direct relationship between such staffing and student performance and identifies selected activities of library media staff that affect test scores. Other conditions of library media center operation were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Skills, Information Technology
