Allison Dawn Feldman

US Patent:

20080145831, Jun 19, 2008

Filed:

Dec 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/957235

Inventors:

Allison Feldman - New York NY, US
Margery Mayer - New York NY, US

Assignee:

SCHOLASTIC INC. - New York NY

International Classification:

G09B 7/00

US Classification:

434353, 434362, 434322

Abstract:

The present invention is a method of evaluating the content, organization, and use of a school's or a school district's classroom libraries. The method is comprised of four distinct modules or modules that collect data from administrators and classroom teachers, analyze and interpret the data, and score the schools and districts. The product of this method is a report, which is both a quantitative and qualitative representation of the quality and use of the classroom libraries in the school or across all the schools in a district, and a recommendation for improvement of the classroom libraries therein.