NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 16, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) set a special-called meeting for 10 a.m. August 23 to consider resetting the baseline scores for establishing accountability grades for schools that have a 12th grade. The change would address the lack of comparability to growth scores...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 16, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today statewide results from the 2017-18 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP), which shows achievement is continuing to rise among all student groups. MAAP assesses student performance in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics in grades 3-8, English...Read More