N.Y. State Senator Tom O Mara
Numbers help tell every story.
For example, many studies have made the case that children who read during the summer make greater academic gains in the following school year than children who do not. In fact, the statistics on the “summer slide” jump right off the page, including that:
• Students can lose up to 25% of their reading level over the summer
• Children who don’t engage in summer reading lose approximately two months of instructional time, or roughly 22% of the school year
• By the end of the sixth grade, children who lose reading skills during the summer are, on average, two years behind their peers.