NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: November 15, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced a schedule of visits to recognize the achievements of all A districts. District leaders and school board members will join Dr. Carey Wright, state superintendent of education, at each location to thank teachers and students for their...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: November 9, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released the results of the fall 2018 assessment of kindergarten readiness. Following annual trends, the percentage of students scoring kindergarten-ready is 36.1 percent in 2018, compared to 36.9 percent in 2017 and 36.4 percent in 2016.   Statewide,...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: November 8, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education approved today the distribution of $16.2 million in federal funds over a three-year period for 21st Century Community Learning Center grants to eligible districts and organizations for the 2018-19 school year. The 21st Century grants fund the establishment...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  November 8, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) today voted to assign unofficial letter grades for the 2017-18 school year to four schools that serve students with disabilities and the Corinth School District. The schools and district had not received grades in previous years. State...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: November 8, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education released today ACT results for the spring 2018 statewide administration of the ACT to all high school juniors. The average score among juniors decreased from 18 in 2017 to 17.8 in 2018. Eight districts achieved an average composite of...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: November 6, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi students have made consistent gains in reading over the past dozen years on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation’s Report Card, making Mississippi one of the top leaders in score improvement in 4th grade reading between 2005...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 31, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is launching an initiative to increase the number of qualified teachers entering and remaining in the profession through teacher-residency and performance-based licensure programs.   The project is funded by a $4.1 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  October 29, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi saw some growth in Advanced Placement (AP) participation and performance, with 9,445 public school students taking AP exams and 4,478 receiving a qualifying score in the 2017-18 school year. The gains are a 1 percent increase over the previous school year. Though overall...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 24, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – Parental and community engagement is essential to the success of schools, yet in the past, parents had been left in the dark about how their child’s school is performing. Without transparent information, how can parents celebrate their school’s success or call on school and...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 16, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – Nine elementary schools where the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) deployed literacy coaches to help teachers become more effective teachers of reading have achieved sustained academic improvements and no longer need coaching support. Mississippi’s Literacy-Based Promotion Act of 2013 established the literacy coach program,...Read More