NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Oct. 27, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released ACT results for the spring 2022 statewide administration of the ACT to all public high school juniors. The average score for juniors increased from 17.3 in 2021 to 17.4 in 2022. The percentage of juniors meeting...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 27, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced that, despite pandemic disruptions to learning, 85% of Mississippi 3rd graders passed the 3rd-grade reading assessment after final retests for the 2021-22 school year. The 2021-22 pass rate is practically the same as it was in...Read More