How Louisiana boosted its reading scores by going ‘back to the basics’

The top education official in Louisiana explained Wednesday why he thinks his state was the only one to surpass pre-pandemic reading levels in the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

The assessment, known as the Nation’s Report Card, found Wednesday U.S. fourth and eighth grade students are, on average, behind pre-pandemic levels in reading. The current average reading score for both fourth and eighth graders is 5 points lower than in 2019, the exam shows.

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