{"id":76329,"date":"2025-03-27T01:02:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T05:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=76329"},"modified":"2025-03-27T01:02:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T05:02:52","slug":"mississippis-education-miracle-a-model-for-global-literacy-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/mississippis-education-miracle-a-model-for-global-literacy-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi\u2019s education miracle: A model for global literacy reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76330\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4thgradereader.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4thgradereader.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4thgradereader-250x156.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>In a surprising turnaround, Mississippi, once ranked near the bottom of U.S. education standings, has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicoalition.org\/mississippi-miracle\">dramatically improved its student literacy rates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As of 2023, the state ranks among the top 20 for fourth grade reading, a significant leap from its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationsreportcard.gov\/highlights\/reading\/2022\/\">49th-place ranking in 2013<\/a>. This transformation was driven by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicoalition.org\/mississippi-miracle\">evidence-based policy reforms<\/a>\u00a0focused on early literacy and teacher development.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the country might want to take note.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fordhaminstitute.org\/national\/commentary\/mississippi-reading-model-continues-shine\">Mississippi\u2019s success offers a proven solution<\/a>\u00a0to the reading literacy crisis facing many states \u2013 a clear road map for closing early literacy gaps and improving reading outcomes nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>As an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com.vn\/citations?user=6beFNI0AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">expert on the economics of education<\/a>, I believe the learning crisis is not just an educational issue. It\u2019s also economic.<\/p>\n<p>When students struggle, their academic performance declines. And that leads to lower test scores. Research shows that these declining scores are closely linked to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41586-021-03323-7\">reduced economic growth<\/a>, as a less educated workforce hampers productivity and innovation.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Mississippi approach<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In 2013, Mississippi implemented a multifaceted strategy for enhancing kindergarten to third grade literacy. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/literacy\/lbpa\/\">Literacy-Based Promotion Act<\/a>\u00a0focuses on early literacy and teacher development. It includes teacher training in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wheelockpolicycenter.org\/high-quality-education\/ms-read-by-grade-three\/\">proven reading instruction<\/a>\u00a0methods and teacher coaching.<\/p>\n<p>Relying on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ies.ed.gov\/use-work\/regional-educational-laboratories-rel\/southeast\">federally supported research<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/helping-teachers-learn-what-works-in-the-classroom-and-what-doesnt-will-get-a-lot-harder-without-the-department-of-educations-institute-of-education-sciences-247675\">Institute of Education Science<\/a>, the state invested in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eric.ed.gov\/?id=ED613758\">phonics, fluency, vocabulary and reading comprehension<\/a>. The law provided K-3 teachers with training and support to help students master reading by the end of third grade.<\/p>\n<p>It includes provisions for reading coaches, parent communication, individual reading plans and other supportive measures. It also includes targeted support for struggling readers. Students repeat the third grade if they\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/08959048231174886\">fail to meet reading standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/2023\/7\/18\/23799124\/mississippi-miracle-test-scores-naep-early-literacy-grade-retention-reading-phonics\/#:%7E:text=One%20sometimes%20overlooked%20change%20in,it%20more%20closely%20with%20NAEP.\">also aligned its test to the NAEP<\/a>, or National Assessment of Educational Progress, something which not all states do. Often referred to as \u201cThe Nation\u2019s Report Card,\u201d the NAEP is a nationwide assessment that measures student performance in various subjects.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76331\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76331\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76331\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Miss4thgrade.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Miss4thgrade.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Miss4thgrade-250x152.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mississippi\u2019s reforms have led to significant gains in reading and math, with fourth graders improving on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordeagle.com\/2025\/01\/30\/mississippi-4th-graders-no-1-in-the-nation-for-naep-gains-over-time\/\">national assessments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I believe this is extremely important. That\u2019s because\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aecf.org\/resources\/early-warning-confirmed#:%7E:text=Early%20Warning%20summarized%20the%20early,an%20individual's%20future%20earning%20potential.\">early reading is a foundational skill<\/a>\u00a0that helps develop the ability to read at grade level by the end of third grade. It also leads to general academic success, graduating from high school prepared for college, and becoming productive adults less likely to fall into poverty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.econedurev.2024.102598\">Research by Noah Spencer<\/a>, an economics doctoral student at the University of Toronto, shows that the Mississippi law boosted scores.<\/p>\n<p>Students exposed to it from kindergarten to the third grade gained a 0.25 standard deviation improvement in reading scores. That is roughly equivalent to one year of academic progress in reading, according to educational benchmarks. This gain reflects significant strides in students\u2019 literacy development over the course of a school year.<\/p>\n<p>Another study has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wheelockpolicycenter.org\/high-quality-education\/ms-read-by-grade-three\/\">found an even greater impact<\/a>\u00a0attributed to grade retention in the third grade \u2013 it led to a huge increase in learning in English Language Arts by the sixth grade.<\/p>\n<p>But the Mississippi law is not just about retention. Spencer found that grade retention explains only about 22% of the treatment effect. The rest is presumably due to the other components of the measure \u2013 namely, teacher training and coaching.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4427675\">Other<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0047272720300487\">previous<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w31406\">research<\/a>\u00a0supports these results across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Adopting an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2139\/ssrn.4427675\">early literacy policy<\/a>\u00a0improves elementary students\u2019 reading achievement on important student assessments, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jpubeco.2020.104184\">third grade retention<\/a>\u00a0and instructional support substantially enhancing English learners\u2019 skills. The policy also increases\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3386\/w31406\">test scores for students\u2019 younger siblings<\/a>, although it is not clear why.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, third grade retention programs\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3102\/01623737231197639\">immediately boost English Language Arts and math achievements<\/a>\u00a0into middle school without disciplinary incidents or negatively impacting student attendance.<\/p>\n<p>These changes were achieved despite Mississippi being one of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/educationdata.org\/public-education-spending-statistics#mississippi\">lowest spenders per pupil<\/a>\u00a0in the U.S., proving that strategic investments in teacher development and early literacy can yield impressive results even with limited resources.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The global learning crisis<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Mississippi\u2019s success is timely. Millions of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/news\/press-release\/2022\/06\/23\/70-of-10-year-olds-now-in-learning-poverty-unable-to-read-and-understand-a-simple-text\">children globally struggle to read<\/a>\u00a0by age 10.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansasonline.com\/news\/2024\/nov\/14\/unlock-potential\/\">It\u2019s a crisis<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0165176523003385\">that has worsened<\/a>\u00a0after the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi\u2019s early literacy interventions show lasting impact and offer a potential solution for other regions facing similar challenges.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, only 31% of U.S. fourth grade students were proficient or above in reading,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationsreportcard.gov\/reports\/reading\/2024\/g4_8\/\">according to the NAEP<\/a>, while 40% were below basic. Reading scores for fourth and eighth graders also dropped by five points compared with 2019, with averages lower than any year since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi\u2019s literacy program provides a learning gain equal to a year of schooling. The program costs\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.gale.com\/ps\/i.do?id=GALE%7CA756896702&amp;sid=googleScholar&amp;v=2.1&amp;it=r&amp;linkaccess=abs&amp;issn=02774232&amp;p=AONE&amp;sw=w&amp;userGroupName=anon%7Ea94474ff&amp;aty=open-web-entry\">US$15 million annually<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 0.2% of the state budget in 2023 \u2013 and $32 per student.<\/p>\n<p>The learning gain associated with the Mississippi program is equal to about an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.econedurev.2024.102598\">extra quarter of a year<\/a>. Since each year of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09645292.2018.1484426\">schooling raises earnings by about 9%<\/a>, then a quarter-year gain means that Mississippi students benefiting from the program will increase\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09645292.2018.1484426\">future earnings by 2.25% a year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Based on typical\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/programs\/coe\/indicator\/cba\">high school graduate<\/a>\u00a0earnings, the average student can expect to earn an extra $1,000 per year for the rest of their life.<\/p>\n<p>That is, for every dollar Mississippi spends, the state gains about $32 in additional lifetime earnings, offering substantial long-term economic benefits compared with the initial cost.<\/p>\n<p>The Mississippi literacy project focuses on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.econedurev.2024.102598\">teaching at the right level<\/a>, which focuses on assessing children\u2019s actual learning levels and then tailoring instruction to meet them, rather than strictly following age- or grade-level curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>Teaching at the right level and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijedudev.2024.103095\">a scripted lessons plan<\/a>\u00a0are among the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/bca.2023.26\">most effective strategies<\/a>\u00a0to address the global learning crisis. After the World Bank reviewed over 150 education programs in 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/entities\/publication\/2a873f3a-1bd1-577f-aef0-bc7c386d0fb5\">nearly half showed no learning benefit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I believe Mississippi\u2019s progress, despite being the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/data-view\/poverty-data\/poverty-data-map-tool\/\">second-poorest state<\/a>, can serve as a wake-up call.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bio:<\/strong> Harry Anthony Patrinos is Professor of Education Policy at the University of Arkansas<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprising turnaround, Mississippi, once ranked near the bottom of U.S. education standings, has\u00a0dramatically improved its student literacy rates. As of 2023, the state ranks among the top 20 for fourth grade reading, a significant leap from its\u00a049th-place ranking in 2013. 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