JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education is announcing that 75.7% of 31,787 third graders passed the initial administration of the third-grade reading assessment given this spring for the 2023-24 school year. The percentage is nearly the same as…
West Elementary in Gulfport held a pretty unique type of pep rally this afternoon for students. We’ve all heard of football pep rallies and basketball pep rallies, but…
During statewide testing today, some Mississippi testing sites experienced intermittent connectivity at some point between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Online testing resumed and was fully functionally at approximately 10 a.m. The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has provided guidance…
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…
This week, Mississippi students will begin taking the first part of a two-part test that will measure what they know under Mississippi College- and Career-Ready Standards.
Although the drop in test scores since the implementation of Common Core was expected, Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves says there's no excuse for the lower scores.