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Reading at Risk Executive Summary
This document presents a summary of the results from the literature segment of the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted by the Census Bureau in 2002 at the NEA's request. The survey asked more than 17,000 adults if during the previous 12 months they had read any literature that was not required for work or school. The results of this survey sparked The Big Read. Read...

To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence
This report is a comprehensive analysis of reading patterns of children, teenagers, and adults in the United States. Assembling data on reading trends from more than 40 sources, this compendium expands the investigation of the NEA's landmark 2004 report, “Reading at Risk,” and exposes trends that may have severe consequences for American society. Read...

Reader’s Guide

Teacher’s Guide

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