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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
imageA 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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