Almost 3,000 more Mississippi third graders passed a toughened reading test on the second try in May, cutting the number of students in danger of not advancing to fourth grade. The Mississippi Department of Education said Tuesday that of 8,941…
A quarter of third graders in our state failed their reading tests on the first try, leaving it unclear if they will advance to the next grade. According to the Mississippi Department of Education, students had a second chance at…
Results show 92 percent of Mississippi students passed the third grade reading gate test.