According to a survey on reading conducted in 2001 by the U.S. National Education Association (NEA), young Americans say reading is important, more important than computers and science.

根据2001年美国国家教育协会（NEA）进行的一项关于阅读的调查，美国年轻人认为阅读是重要的，比计算机和科学更重要。

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Recently, the result of the national reading survey has been announced and it paints a brighter future for reading habits in the Internet times.

最近，全国阅读调查的结果已经公布，它展示了互联网时代阅读习惯的光明前景。

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Unemployment has continued to grow in Reading despite the recent fall in national figures.

雷丁镇的失业率一直在增长，尽管近期的国家统计数据中有所回落。

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Each year on that day the National Education Association calls for every child and every community in America to celebrate reading.

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In 1998, the percent of fourth-grade students in the highest-poverty public schools who met or exceeded the NAEP Basic level in reading was about half the national rate, and progress in reading overall is only back to 1998 and 1990 levels.

UNESCO: II Part Analytic Section

In eighth grade, the national reading score hasn't budged since 2002, but students in Atlanta, Houston and Los Angeles posted gains, while the other cities remained steady.

WSJ: City Schools Gain in Reading, Math

Harvard University's Programme on Education Policy and Governance found that, after two years, pupils at Cleveland's private schools performed seven percentage points higher than the national average in reading and 15 points higher in maths.

ECONOMIST: Sorting out school choice