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Michael Hiltzik: How Mississippi gamed its national reading test scores to produce ‘miracle’ gains

The term has been shooting around the education field and news reports lately with increasing frequency: “the Mississippi miracle.”

Los Angeles Times · Jul 6, 2023

Oregon GOP boycott: most bills have high reading score

Republicans blocking bills about abortion, gun control and gender-affirming healthcare in Oregon this week are basing their boycott on an obscure, 44-year-old state law that requires bill summaries to be written at the reading level of an 8th- or 9th-grader

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023

Hard to read? Oregon GOP boycott comes down to reading level

Republicans blocking bills about abortion, gun control and gender-affirming healthcare in Oregon this week are basing their boycott on an obscure, 44-year-old state law that requires bill summaries to be written at the reading level of an 8th- or 9th-grader

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023