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>Apparently some politicos are fond of spouting a factoid (please note correct usage, book reviewers everywhere) that links third-grade reading scores to the formulas states use to estimate their future requirements for prison beds. Not so.
No word yet whether or not Baby Einstein foretells a playdate with Old Sparky.
About Roger SuttonRoger Sutton has been the editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc, since 1996. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his M.A. in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a B.A. from Pitzer College in 1978. Follow him on Twitter: @RogerReads.
>it's bandied about a lot. I wonder where it started . . . there seems to be a kernel of truth, though.
http://tryingtofollow.com/2006/04/10/failing-reading-scores-prison-cells/