NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 27, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced plans today for a lottery on August 30 to award approximately 47 Education Scholarship Accounts (ESA) for the 2018-19 school year. Established by the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act of 2015, the ESA program...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 23, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to reset 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 in prior years and would take effect for...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: August 22, 2018 WHO: Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) WHAT: The SBE will hold a special-called teleconference meeting to consider a recommendation from the Commission on School Accreditation to change the business rules of the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System, specifically to reset baseline scores for schools with a grade...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 21, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – LaJeremy Hughes, a 3rd grade English language arts teacher at Della Davidson Elementary in the Oxford School District, knew his career path the first day he stepped into a classroom. “I immediately connected to school and all it could offer. Over the past four...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: August 21, 2018 WHO: Commission on School Accreditation (CSA) WHAT: The CSA will hold a special-called teleconference meeting to consider revisions to the business rules of the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System, specifically to reset baseline scores for schools with grade 12. WHEN: 2 p.m., August 22, 2018 WHERE: Central High...Read More

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

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: August 14, 2018 WHO: Commission on School Accreditation (CSA) WHAT: The CSA will hold a special-called teleconference meeting to consider the accreditation status of the Noxubee County School District and to consider revisions to the business rules of the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. WHEN: 2 p.m., August 14, 2018 WHERE:...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 9, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – Starting this school year, all Mississippi public school districts will be able to implement the Algebra Nation program, which is designed to help students perform better in the Algebra I course. Piloted in approximately 30 districts over the last two years, the Algebra Nation...Read More

By Carey M. Wright, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Education Back-to-school season is an exciting time for students because it is filled with new challenges and opportunities to learn. Mississippi students excel when they are challenged. Not only have our students risen to higher academic expectations in recent years, they have shown faster gains than the...Read More