Comprehensive early literacy policy and the “Mississippi Miracle”

Noah Spencer

Economics of Education Review, 2024, vol. 103, issue C

Abstract: In 2013, Mississippi ranked 49th in fourth grade reading achievement on the National Assessment of Education Progress. By 2019, the state ranked 29th. I study whether Mississippi’s 2013 Literacy-Based Promotion Act (LBPA), a multi-faceted strategy for improving K-3 literacy, played a part in this ascension. Using a synthetic difference-in-differences approach, I estimate that the LBPA meaningfully improved grade 4 reading and math test scores on the national assessment.

Keywords: Early literacy laws; Economics of education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I28 I29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2024.102598

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