Communications and Government Relations

August 26, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. – Statewide test results for the 2014 Mississippi Curriculum Test, Second Edition (MCT2) and the Subject Area Testing Program, Second Edition (SATP2) are now available to the public.

Passing rates for each public school district as well as for the state as a whole can be found at: http://reports.mde.k12.ms.us/report1/r2013-14.aspx

September 4, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education will release school district letter grades for the 2013-14 school year following the October 17 Board of Education meeting.

This year’s letter grades are based on Mississippi’s new accountability model, which will show how schools and districts performed after implementing the state’s new, more rigorous college- and career-ready standards.

September 18, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. –The Mississippi Board of Education voted today in executive session to approve a contract with NCS Pearson Inc., to administer the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) as an emergency procurement for one year.

September 23, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education released details on Monday of its work over the past four months with the Personal Service Contract Review Board (PSCRB) to secure a contract for state tests for the 2014 through 2018 school years.

September 24, 2014

Being a good reader is critical to success in school. That’s why Mississippi’s youngest students started this school year with classes that provide a greater emphasis on literacy.

This effort is part of the Literacy-Based Promotion Act, which Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law in 2013. The act establishes a path to ensure every child in Mississippi enters fourth grade as a competent reader.

Along with expanding access to quality early childhood education programs, this plan is necessary for the futures of our children.

October 1, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. – Caledonia Elementary in the Lowndes County School District was selected as a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. The designation makes it one of 337 schools recognized by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.

October 17, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education today released letter grades for schools and districts based on Mississippi’s new accountability system, which evaluates how schools and districts performed after implementing the state’s more rigorous college- and career-ready standards.

October 21, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. – The results of Mississippi’s first statewide assessment of Kindergarten readiness reveal that two-thirds of the state’s youngest learners enter school unprepared to learn.

More than 40,000 Kindergarteners from 144 districts throughout the state took the STAR Early Literacy exam during the first month of the 2014-15 school year. More than 65% of students scored below the 530 benchmark score that indicates a student has mastered at least 70% of early reading skills. The state average score was 501.

December 5, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Board of Education has rescheduled its monthly meeting originally set for November 20-21. The Board’s work session and meeting is now a one-day meeting on Wednesday, November 12.

The Board’s work session will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the 4th floor boardroom in the Central High School building. The meeting will immediately follow the work session. 

November 4, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Board of Education announced today that it will issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) in early 2015 for state tests aligned to Mississippi’s college- and career-ready standards for the 2015-2016 school year.