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Reading gains in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana are often touted, but don’t show full picture of literacy

  • Written by Brittany Adams, Assistant Professor of Literacy Education, University of Alabama
Reading gains in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana are often touted, but don’t show full picture of literacyA fourth grade teacher leads a small group of students in a reading exercise in March 2023 at Tuskegee Public School in Tuskegee, Ala.Julie Bennett/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Despite decades of legislation meant to boost children’s reading levels, literacy scores have remained relatively stagnant across the U.S. over the past 30...

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