I have been reflecting on our summer reading activities at both our elementary and middle school (PK-8) with an eye on how to improve summer reading for next summer.  It seems to me that our summer reading reporting forms tend to be an indicator of whether a family follows the summer reading directions rather than an indicator of actual reading.  I always dutifully fill out the Governor's Summer Reading form and fax it to the state reporting average participation and average number of books read, but I have no idea if our numbers are typical of other schools.

  

We have been hovering at about 60% participation over the past couple of years and I am wondering what other schools average for participation.  If you report these numbers, would you mind giving a shout out so that I can get a sense of where we fall compared to other schools.  
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Elaine Lettiere