Mississippi 4th graders' reading improved the most from 2013 to 2022

According to federal data, fourth graders' reading scores improved by nine points in Mississippi from 2013 to 2022. At the other end of the spectrum, Maryland fourth graders' reading levels fell by 20 points over the same period.

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Chart: The Conversation, CC-BY-NDSource: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2013 and 2022 Reading Assessments.Get the dataEmbed Download imageCreated with Datawrapper