Literacy

Education | ARTICLE | November 25, 2025

Eliminating Missouri’s Income Tax, Subsidies for Gas Stations, and Early Literacy Reform

By David Stokes and 3 more | Episode Length 1 min

Student reading book, third-grade retention, retention policies, learning to read, literacy tests

Education | ARTICLE | September 12, 2025

Students Who Can’t Read Benefit from Third-Grade Retention

By Cory Koedel | 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

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

State and Local Government | NEWSLETTER | April 1, 2025

Show-Me Institute’s March 2025 Newsletter

By Show-Me Institute Staff | Read Time 1 min

Education | ARTICLE | January 29, 2025

Missouri Public Schools Have a Very Serious Reading Problem

By Susan Pendergrass | Read Time 2 min

Girl choosing book

Education | ARTICLE | November 14, 2023

Some States Making Large Reading Gains Post-Pandemic

By Avery Frank | Read Time 4 min

Education | ARTICLE | August 22, 2023

Missouri Students Are Sadly Still Struggling

By Avery Frank | Read Time 3 min

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