PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ama Baafra Abeberese
AU  - Todd J. Kumler
AU  - Leigh L. Linden
TI  - Improving Reading Skills by Encouraging Children to Read in School:
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.49.3.611
DP  - 2014 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 611--633
VI  - 49
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/49/3/611.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/49/3/611.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2014 Jul 01; 49
AB  - We show that a short-term (31-day) reading program, designed to provide age-appropriate reading material, to train teachers in their use, and to support teachers’ initial efforts for about a month, improves students’ reading skills by 0.13 standard deviations. The effect is still present three months after the program but diminishes to 0.06 standard deviations, probably due to a reduced emphasis on reading after the program. We find that the program also encourages students to read more on their own at home. We find no evidence that improved reading ability improves test scores on other subjects.