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A groundbreaking study of 111,000 New Mexico students reveals they're exceeding national reading benchmarks, challenging years of negative rankings. The state's "last place" reputation may simply reflect higher standards, not lower performance.
A New York school district partnered with an education company and watched sixth-grade reading proficiency jump from 36% to 68% in just one year. The remarkable turnaround has earned them national recognition after pandemic learning losses left some subjects at just 50% proficiency.