Hit: High School Fiction %

[Barbara Wall <bwall@OSWEGOBOCES.ORG>]

Friends, Hello,

Several peopole asked for this informaiton so perhaps it would be of
interest to all....

Of 10 high schools in my area the percentages of the colelction that is
fiction ranged from 7% to 24.4 %.  $ of the 10 high shcools for which I have
figures were above 20%, the rest below.

Responses included:

    from Conn. - 18%
    From Tucson, AZ, average of many  schoosl is 28%, and ranges from 16 to
50% (this last a special shcool.
    From Ca.    - one-third
    From PA    - one-third
A great website - from Missouri
http://www.dese.state.mo.us/divinstr/curriculum/standards/fiction.htm
gives the number of suggested resoruces in fiction and non-fiction for
different levels of schools and different populations inthe shcools.  The
base site has many other things on it as well.  This ws a real treat from
Missouri.

    From NJ - 10%
    From Wisocnsin - one-eighth
    From Tx - 3000 fiction plus 2100 paperbacks from a 23000 volume
collection

Please note than when I say from Tx, this is one person whomessage comes
from soemwhere in texas.  I tired not to specifically identify anyone.

Also, one vendor reopresenative responded that their recommended selections
for HS has about 10% of the total as fiction.

Quite a spread and interesting statistics.

Sincerely,

Barbara Wall
School Library Ssytem Director, Oswego and OCM BOCES, Mexico and Syracuse,
NY  bawall@northnet.org

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