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Overall, the country is not headed in the right direction when it comes to reading test scores. In 2024, for example, the average reading score for American fourth graders was 2 points lower than in 2022, and 5 points lower than in 2019.
Bucking this trend are Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana, all of which have recently posted impressive improvements in their fourth-grade reading test scores.
Ivana Greco is a homemaker and homeschooling mother of four from Connecticut.
