Screen Time Up as Reading Scores Drop. Is There a Link?

“American students have never had more access to digital devices for reading in and out of school. Now emerging research and troubling results on the test dubbed the Nation’s Report Card raise questions about what effect all this digital access could have on students’ longterm reading skills.”

Background information collected from teachers and students participating in the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) showed a link between spending more screen time in language arts work and lower reading proficiency on the NAEP.

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