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Kent McCarty
Coverage of Kent McCarty in the Nexus archive.
- Mississippi Focuses on Boosting Middle School Students’ Reading Scores
Mississippi is investing $9 million in the Adolescent Literacy Initiative to improve middle school reading scores, following stagnant progress in eighth grade reading. The initiative expands the 2013 Literacy-Based Promotion Act into higher grades, introducing assessments and high-quality curriculum for students in grades four through eight.