Georgia education officials are studying Mississippi’s dramatic literacy transformation as 70 percent of the Peach State’s 4th graders cannot read proficiently, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Mississippi, once ranked 49th nationally in 4th grade reading scores in 2013, now ranks 9th best in the nation and leads the country for overall reading improvement.
Amanda Malone, Mississippi’s state literacy director, said the transformation required sustained effort rather than chance. “A lot of times people call it the Mississippi miracle. Now, miracle implies that humans had nothing to do with it. And so it’s not a miracle,” Malone said. “Don’t call it the Mississippi miracle. It is really a marathon
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