Over a three-year period, the project underwent a major evaluation, the main findings of which included: significantly improved reading scores among the students at the schools in question; continually increased book borrowing by students; evidence of better attendance; improved levels of concentration; and increased interest and motivation among students. The official report on the project, “Room for Reading”, which was published in 2005, said: “the findings demonstrate over and over again, that well stocked, well managed school libraries, with access to books through structured library programmes that are directed towards the learning needs and interests of even the most reluctant and hesitant readers, can have impacts that are very significant.”