Welcome to the newest location for Library news, updates, and announcements across all CCSD Libraries. Our school libraries are dedicated to providing materials and services necessary for information literacy at all grade levels while encouraging consistent collaboration with the community. Our core values are: accountability, communication, compassion, effectiveness, honesty, innovation, respect, and trust. Our mission is to empower our learners as critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users and producers of information.
NATIONAL LIBRARY STANDARDS AND CROSSWALKS
Since 1992, a growing body of research known as the school library impact studies has consistently shown positive correlations between high-quality library programs and student achievement (Gretes, 2013; Scholastic, 2016). Data from more than 34 statewide studies suggest that students tend to earn better standardized test scores in schools that have strong library programs. Further, when administrators, teachers, and librarians themselves rated the importance and frequency of various library practices associated with student learning, their ratings correlated with student test scores, further substantiating claims of libraries’ benefits. In addition, newer studies, conducted over the last several years, show that strong school libraries are also linked to other important indicators of student success, including graduation rates and mastery of academic standards. (Keith Curry Lance and Debra E. Kachel, 3-26-2018, Why School Matter: What Years of Research Tells Us)