The Conversation U.S.<p>Mississippi, once ranked 49th in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> test scores, is now among the top 20 for 4th grade reading. The state's <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> reforms offer a model for closing early literacy gaps nationwide. An education policy scholar explains:<br><a href="https://buff.ly/mzbgZ5X" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/mzbgZ5X</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Edstadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edstadon</span></a></p>