The OECD has released a longitudinal study entitled Pathways to Success: How knowledge and skills at age 15 shape future lives in Canada. The study concluded that the greatest predictor of a child's future educational success is reading proficiency in high school. Students who scored in the top category for reading skills were 20 times more likely to be in university than their peers with poor reading skills. Those in the second and third highest levels for reading still showed very strong attainment levels. Reading is identified as the most critical factor in determining future educational success, even for students in sciences and math. The report is available on the OECD website.
http://www.oecd.org/document/20/0,3343,en_32252351_32236191_44571668_1_1_1_1,00.html
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