Our average reading scores now rank 37th in the nation for fourth-graders and 44th for eighth-graders, both downgrades from the previous rankings in 2022. We are losing ground compared to other states ...

Other states have taken a very different approach – they have created comprehensive state-level reading plans to change their education system. And they’ve gotten results. By 2019, Mississippi was in ...

Developing a novel approach to integrating foundational skills, comprehension and writing instruction within the context of authentic informational text reading to improve fourth- and fifth-grade ...