How many students are retained by the ‘third-grade gate’? No one knows
Mississippi has seen significant improvement in its reading scores over the last decade, bringing much national attention and leading other states to attempt to replicate the success. Mississippi’s success, first drawing national eyes in 2019, is usually attributed to a state law from earlier in the decade that reformed reading instruction and testing, piquing the interest of other states. As reading reforms have become particularly popular, 38 states have added to or updated t