Elementary-level books nearly even with college-level in ‘common reading programs,’ study finds
Cole Levine - Hillsdale College •December 3, 2018
‘Below what you would hope,’ but colleges looking for ‘accessibility’
Even though “common reading programs†usually assign books below a college level, they are not necessarily less rigorous, according to a study pending publication.
The programs are offered during orientation and first-year programming at a “significant number†of four-year colleges and are “making in-roads at two-year colleges,†wrote study author Jennifer Keup, director of the University of South Carolina’s National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.
“The majority of CRP titles were at a high-school level, followed by over 30% at a middle school level (6th-8th grades),†with nearly as many elementary school-level readings (13 percent) as college-level readings (14 percent), according to the study, which Keup provided to The College Fix.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/elementary-level-books-nearly-even-with-college-level-in-common-reading-programs-study-finds/
