How Mississippi Solved its Literacy Crisis
The state ranked 49th in reading in 2013. By 2025, it ranked 9th. Mississippi is no longer the butt of the joke, and other states should be taking notes.
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Reading list·The 74
What reading programs that actually raise scores have in common
An analysis of thousands of schools that beat literacy expectations for their poverty levels finds a recurring set of practices, from protected instructional time to explicit foundational-skills teaching.
Reading list·Chalkbeat
Denver hit its early literacy target and missed its 3-8 reading goal, four years after publishing both
Chalkbeat checks Denver Public Schools' 2022 strategic plan against the 2026 test results it promised to move.