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Promoting the pleasure of reading across all communities

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Reading habits, research and statistics
This page pulls together information, facts and research about reading on the site. For more detailed research information, visit the NLT's research pages.
Research on reading
Facts and Statistics on reading in the UK

 

Key reports on reading

Children and young people's reading habits and preferences - 2005
NLT survey of over 8,000 school pupils
Reading Champions survey - 2005
NLT survey on children's reading habits
Select committee report into teaching children to read - 2005
Report into the findings of the select committee inquiry launched in 2004
Reading for purpose and pleasure - 2004
Ofsted report into reading and standards of teaching reading in primary schools
Reading at Risk - 2004
A major survey from the US that shows reading is declining across all age groups


Creative Reading - 2004
Report by Demos for The Reading Agency analysing the role of libraries in nurturing creativity
Reading and health research mapping project

- 2003
Research by The Reading Agency into work linking reading and health
Framework for the Future - 2003
DCMS 10-year strategy for public libraries
Reading for Change - 2002
OECD report on PISA 2000's international assessment of reading ability


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