NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 19, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi State Board of Education voted today to seek public comment on a proposed revision to its timeline for incorporating end-of-course assessment scores into students’ final grades. Among other required courses, high school students are required to take the following courses to qualify...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 18, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) recognized Mississippi in its latest report on pre-K quality as one of only five states whose publicly funded pre-K program meets nine of NIEER’s 10 new quality standards for early childhood education. The latest ranking is...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 17, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – 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 to districts to ensure...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 16, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – Dr. Carey Wright, state superintendent of education, announced today she will convene the first Mississippi Student Testing Task Force to examine current student testing on the state and local school district levels and to determine best practices for monitoring student progress in meeting grade-level...Read More