NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 1, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi Department of Education announced today that four Mississippi public school students have been selected semifinalists for the 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program honors the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. Mississippi’s Presidential Scholar semifinalists for 2018...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 5, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – School- and district-level passing rates for the first administration of the 3rd Grade Reading Assessment are now available to the public. Statewide, 93.2 percent of 3rd graders passed the test. The initial pass rate has increased every year since the test was first administered,...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 22, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – State Superintendent of Education Carey Wright is among 20 respected K-12 education leaders from across the nation selected to join The Broad Academy, the nation’s most prominent professional-development program for current and aspiring school-system leaders. The two-year Broad Academy program — which is operated...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 21, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is seeking public comment on the newly released Mississippi Early Learning Standards for Classrooms Serving Infants through Four-Year-Old Children, which outlines goals for children from birth through age 4. The MDE developed the document in collaboration with a...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 17, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi Board of Education voted today to approve a $3.3 million statewide testing contract with Data Recognition Corp (DRC) for the 2018-19 school year to administer 5th and 8th grade science assessments and the Biology I and U.S. History assessments for high school....Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 10, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – In the 2018 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings, three Mississippi schools earned silver badges and 54 earned bronze, making the cut of the 30 percent of schools nationwide that scored high enough to earn a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Best High Schools recognition....Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 25, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education’s Office of Elementary Education and Reading will host its third annual Literacy Coaching Symposium on June 5, 2018, in association with the 2018 Making Connections Conference at the Gulf Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi. The symposium is...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

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 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