How Alabama students went from last place to rising stars in math

Alabama is the only state where 4th-grade math scores are higher now than they were in 2019, before the pandemic. This is the story of how the state pulled it off.

How Alabama students went from last place to rising stars in math
Math teacher Diane Laney hard at work in her third-grade classroom at Ider High school, which serves grades K-12. Students use counters to help model multiplication.

Alabama is the only state where 4th-grade math scores are higher now than they were in 2019, before the pandemic. This is the story of how the state pulled it off.

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