DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY
Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS)
Institute of Library and Museum Services,
National Leadership Grant
Do Public Library Summer Reading Programs Impact Student Achievement?
TIME LINE
PHASE I
Refine research design
Summer 2007
Instrument Testing -- (2 Sites)
- Public Librarian survey
- Student Library Log
- Public Librarian Interviews
Pilot Study -- (1 Site)
- Parental Consent
- Spring 2007, pretest 3rd graders SRI
- Students participate in summer library program
- Librarian survey
- Librarian Interviews
- Fall 2007, post-test same 4th graders SRI
Fall 2007/Winter 2008
Analyze data from Pilot Study
PHASE II
Recruitment of sites
Order SRI and install in schools that do not already use
Obtain parental consent
Summer 2008 -- (5 sites, up to 2,000 students)
- Spring 2008, pretest 3rd graders SRI
- Students participate in summer library program
- Librarian Survey
- Student Library Log
- Librarian Interviews
- Fall 2008, posttest same 4th graders SRI
- Student Survey
- Parent Survey
- Teacher Survey
- Parental Consent
- Spring 2008, pretest 3rd graders SRI
- Students participate in summer library program
- Librarian Survey
- Student Library Log
- Librarian Interviews
- Fall 2008, posttest same 4th graders SRI
- Student Survey
- Parent Survey
- Teacher Sruvey
Year III: Fall 2008 - Fall 2009
- Analyze data
- Write reports
- Disseminate reports