<p>I still think there is a GREAT research study in this hypothesis:</p>
<p>As long as you read for pleasure like the dickens in early and late elememtary school, up through 8th grade, and then slack off or even just give up all recreational reading in high school, you will still have a stellar CR score when you take the SAT, BECAUSE you modified your brain through all the early reading. </p>
<p>Becoming a reading addict after, say, 4th grade won’t result in necessarily stellar CR scores, because it is a function of HOW EARLY AND HOW INTENSELY you read that sets you up for that high CR score.</p>
<p>From my own life experience and what I have picked up here, I have a feeling that is what is operating when people get these high CR scores. It’s reading young and in quantity (by the way, not necessarily quality stories, either) and maintained until age 12 or 13, that is making high CR scores possible.</p>
<p>Just a thought. I would love to see research done on this.</p>