Cassandra Compton, a teacher in the Sumter County School System, teaches a group of elementary students in the Sumter Central High School in York, Alabama on June 26, 2025, Black and Hispanic students showed gains on the Alabama report card, released last week. (Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector)
Black and Hispanic students saw gains in reading and math last year, according to data released by the Alabama State Department of Education last week.
The state’s overall grade on the report card was an 87. Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, the chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee, said in a phone interview Monday the improvement should motivate educators…