Literacy news
Reading to children has long-term impact, says OECD study
8 Nov 2011
Children whose parents frequently read with them in their first year of school are still showing the benefit when they are 15, says an international study.
An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) analysis examined the long-term impact of parental support on literacy.
Discounting social differences, the study found children with early support remained ahead in reading.
It found a strong link between teenage reading skills and early parental help.
The OECD analysis, based on teenagers in 14 developed countries, found that active parental involvement at the beginning of school was a significant trigger for developing children's reading skills that would carry through until they were teenagers.
On average, teenagers whose parents had helped with reading at the beginning of school were six months ahead in reading levels at the age of 15.
See the full article at the BBC.
