Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana have seen a promising turnaround in their student reading scores after passing a series of similar literacy reforms.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) It’s a cliché that Kymyona Burk heard a little too often: “Thank God for Mississippi.” As the state’s literacy director, she knew politicians in other states would say it when their reading test scores were down because at least they weren’t ranked as low as Mississippi. Or Louisiana. Or Alabama. […]