密歇根新闻广播 学生的阅读水平正在下降

 

This school year, districts in Michigan will start holding back third-graders who are more than one grade level behind in reading.

Michigan students have been sliding down the national rankings of test scores for reading.

At the same time, school librarians are becoming less common in the state.

Kathy Lester is with the American Association¹ of School Librarians.

She told Stateside Monday many school librarian positions were cut during the Great Recession².

Since school librarians tend to be a single person in their building, it seemed easier to cut those positions than to cut classroom teachers, Lester said.

Lester says students at schools without librarians are at risk of falling behind academically. She says librarians help students with college and career readiness.

A package of bills currently³ making its way through the state legislature would require every Michigan school to have school libraries staffed with certified⁴ librarians.

Our Association is supporting those bills and there's a lot of the other organizations that are supporting that as well, Lester said.

1 association   

n.联盟，协会，社团；交往，联合；联想

参考例句：

• Our long association with your company has brought great benefits.我方和贵公司的长期合作带来了巨大的利益。
• I broke away from the association ten years ago.我10年前就脱离了那个团体。

2 recession   

n.（工商业的）衷退（期），萧条（期）

参考例句：

• Manufacturing fell sharply under the impact of the recession.受到经济萧条的影响，制造业急剧衰退。
• A rise in interest rates plunged Britain deeper into recession.利率的提高导致英国经济更加萧条。

3 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

4 certified   

a.经证明合格的；具有证明文件的

参考例句：

• Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
• The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。