Alabama
Alabama’s guiding philosophy in education is illustrated through its motto—Every child. Every chance. Every day.—which drives its strategic plan, Alabama Achieves. The educational goals and priorities for the 748,000 students served by the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) have been driven by State Legislation and the Board of Education under the leadership of Governor Kay Ivey and State Superintendent of Education Dr. Eric Mackey, who have been in their roles since 2017 and 2018, respectively. Governor Ivey established the goal of Alabama being among the top 30 states on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The state has prioritized reading and mathematics achievement through the passage of the Alabama Literacy Act in 2019, which is designed to ensure that students can read on grade level before moving to the fourth grade, and the Alabama Numeracy Act in 2022, which seeks to build the capacity of elementary educators around mathematics instruction. Alabama currently leads the nation in math and reading recovery with increasing gains from 2019 through 2024 on NAEP.
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