Classroom collections

[Carolyn Markuson <markuson@COMCAST.NET>]

Does anyone know of any cost-benefit analyses that have been done on
classroom collections - reading improvement - test score improvement  vs.
cost of collections and teacher training? Could we interest some business
partner in doing some? Intuition tells me that the benefits from. the
enormous
cost of classroom collections are slim or nonexistent (over the years -
there
is nearly always a bump for a first year because "its something new" -
but the lasting benefit often diminishes or evaporates).  Not so with the
libraries!

Carolyn Markuson
markuson@comcast.net
61 Hickory Rd.
Sudbury, MA 01776
978 443 9167 (voice and fax)

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