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Research and Statistics

School Libraries Count! longitudinal study
"School Libraries Count!" aims to gather data on changes in the field to gain understanding of the state of school library programs nationally.

The Condition of U.S. Libraries: Trends, 1999 - 2009 click here to open a PDF of the report
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The following report highlights US economic trends (2009) and summarizes trends in public, school, and academic libraries during the current decade for: Number of Libraries and Population Served, Expenditures, Staffing, and Services. The compilation was prepared in December 2009 for the staff and member leaders of the American Library Association to support its planning activities.

The Condition of U.S. Libraries: School Library Trends, 1999 - 2009 click here to open a PDF of the report
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This report is excerpted from the "The Condition of U.S. Libraries: Trends, 1999 - 2009" and presents the economic landscape and detail about school libraries.

NCES - State Education Reforms (SER) external link icon
This Web site is based on the report "Overview and Inventory of State Education Reforms: 1990 to 2000," and is updated periodically to incorporate new data on state education reform activities.

NCES 2007-2008 School and Staffing Survey Report (SASS) external link icon
This report presents selected findings from the library  center data files of the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). The public school sample was designed so that national-, regional-, and state-level elementary, secondary, and combined public school estimates can be made. SASS is a school-based sample, so library centers associated with public schools and with BIE schools were included.

U.S. Department of Education - Improving Literacy through School Libraries Second Evaluation report external link icon
The Second Evaluation of the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (2009) provides findings on how grant funds are targeted to schools, uses of the grant funds, staff collaboration and professional development, and the relationship between participation in the program and reading achievement scores.

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