Mississippi Standardized Test Scores

In the first year of a new standardized test, officials say Mississippi students fared roughly the same or a little better than on the previous test.
Results released Thursday by the Mississippi Department of Education show about one-third of students were rated proficient on the new Mississippi Assessment Program tests, while another third were rated as passing, but not proficient.
Reading and writing achievement in 2016 was flat from 2015, when students took the Multistate Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test. Math achievement rose.
State Superintendent Carey Wright says the Mississippi only test was designed to be as difficult as PARCC.
In the second year that Mississippi gave juniors the ACT test, composite scores rose from 17.6 to 18.3. Nationwide, students typically average a 21.