Education in Missouri

School test, test scores, declining test scores, NAEP, Missouri education performance

Education | ARTICLE | February 3, 2026

To the Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee: We Have a Problem

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

Education | ARTICLE | December 5, 2025

Missouri’s Reading Crisis: 42% of Fourth-Graders Can Barely Read

By Cory Koedel and 1 more | Read Time 1 min

Empty classroom, declining fertility, declining school attendance, school funding, public school financing

Education | ARTICLE | November 4, 2025

Are Missouri’s Public Schools Ready for Declining Enrollment?

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

School hallway, school choice, education options, charter schools, MOScholars

Education | ARTICLE | October 2, 2025

What Are My Schooling Options as a Missouri Parent?

By Avery Frank | Read Time 3 min

MAP testing, Missouri reading scores, early literacy reforms, childhood reading, reading to learn, third grade retention

Education | ARTICLE | August 20, 2025

Missouri’s Stagnant Reading Scores

By Avery Frank | Read Time 2 min

Education | ARTICLE | July 9, 2025

What’s in a NAEP Score?

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

State and Local Government | NEWSLETTER | June 26, 2025

Show-Me Institute’s June 2025 Newsletter

By Show-Me Institute Staff | Read Time 1 min

Education | ARTICLE | April 21, 2025

A New Voice for Accountability, and School Choice in Missouri with Cory Koedel

By Cory Koedel | Episode Length 1 min

Student taking test, education accountability, open enrollment, education assessments, testing

Education | ARTICLE | April 17, 2025

Accountability in Missouri’s Public Schools

By Avery Frank | Read Time 3 min

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