A 10-year impact study, published in 2010 by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, found that students who participated in Prime Time Family Reading during their early elementary years outperformed their peers on grade level content in standardized exams. Prime Time students scored higher in language arts and reading, mathematics, science, life science and other subjects.
In a 2019 survey of Nebraska families who participated in Prime Time:
- 93% said the program changed how families read and discuss books together.
- 87% said they now read more often with their children
- 75% said Prime Time has helped improve their children’s work at school
- 98% showed interest in participating again in Prime Time or similar family reading and educational programs
Prime Time Family Reading was created in 1991 by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (www.leh.org). Thanks to partial funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Prime Time has been offered in 40 states.