Deadline Approaching for Mississippi College and Career-Ready Standards Public Comment Forum
August 26, 2015
JACKSON, Miss – Education stakeholders have until Sept. 15 to provide feedback on the Mississippi College and Career-Ready Standards (MCCRS). The standards describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the end of each grade.
Participants may provide input online through the MCCRS Feedback Forum. The forum is available at mississippi.statestandards.com.
MDE Announces New Participants in the Superintendents’ Academy
School- and District-Level 3rd Grade Reading Test Results Available for Final Retest
September 8, 2015
JACKSON, Miss. – Cumulative school- and district-level passing rates for the 3rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment are now available to the public. Passing rates can be found here.
Blueprint of New Mississippi Assessment Program Tests Available
September 10, 2015
JACKSON, Miss. – Teachers and administrators can now see blueprints of the new statewide assessments for the 2015-16 school year. The Office of Student Assessment in the Mississippi Department of Education has released the test blueprints for the new Mississippi Assessment Program (MAP), the statewide exams for students in grades 3-8 and end-of-course assessments.
MDE Charges Second Clarksdale Teacher with Cheating on State Test
September 10, 2015
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) issued an administrative complaint on Sept. 9 against Tetra Winters, a teacher at Heidelberg Elementary School in the Clarksdale Municipal School District, for violating state law by knowingly and willfully cheating on state assessments.
This is the second complaint filed as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of testing irregularities at Heidelberg Elementary School. MDE is seeking to revoke the license of Winters.
Two Mississippi High School Students to be Selected to Spend a Week In Washington Observing the Federal Government in Action
September 11, 2015
JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi Senators Thad Cochran and Roger F. Wicker announced that the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) has begun its annual statewide selection process. The two Mississippi students will join 102 other delegates March 5-12, 2016 for the program’s 54th annual Washington Week.
Majority of Participants Support Mississippi College and Career-Ready Standards
September 17, 2015
JACKSON, Miss. – More than 90 percent of the participants in the Mississippi College and Career-Ready Standards (MCCRS) Feedback Forum approved of the learning goals for students, according to final results presented to the Mississippi Board of Education today. Over 1,300 people visited the site in a 3-month period, providing 8,521 points of feedback.
A closer look at the approval rates among various participants who identified in a particular category showed the following:
MDE Releases Preliminary Results from First Statewide Administration of ACT for all Juniors
September 17, 2015
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education released today the preliminary results from the first statewide administration of the ACT to all high school juniors in the 2014-15 school year, revealing an average composite score of 17.6.
Board Approves Combined Minimum Score for Tests Required for Graduation
September 17, 2015
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Board of Education today approved the combined minimum score for the four exams in the Subject Area Test Program (SATP) that are required for graduation. Seniors in the 2015-2016 school year who don’t pass all of the required exams may use the combined minimum score to apply for graduation.
Mississippi Math in Action: Higher Expectations, Higher Achievement
September 21, 2015
JACKSON, Miss. – Della Davidson Elementary School in the Oxford School District has fully embraced the Mississippi College and Career Ready Standards. Teachers, administrators and students are achieving more because they have raised expectations for what is possible.
This “Mississippi School Spotlight” video takes viewers inside a 4th grade math classroom at Della Davidson Elementary School, where great teaching and learning take place every day.