Officials with the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced that 84% of third graders passed the third-grade ...

A report from the Mississippi Department of Education said 84% of third graders in the state passed the reading assessment for the 2023-24 school year. The report said third-graders achieved an ...

The policy comes as the state seeks to boost student achievement on its fourth-grade reading scores, which rank 40th in the nation on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also k ...

In Mississippi, officials have designed a system that makes sense and that parents can trust to give them an accurate assessment ... five in the nation for fourth grade reading in their respective ...

Mississippi’s Literacy-Based Promotion Act requires third graders to achieve a passing score of Level 3 or higher on the reading portion of the state’s ELA assessment to qualify for promotion to ...

A 2020 report by a nonprofit described Units of Study as “beautifully crafted” but “unlikely to lead to literacy success for all of America’s public schoolchildren.” The criticism became impossible to ...

To celebrate their successes, we’ve created lists of the top-performing districts, charters and schools statewide. Take a ...

Wright was hired a year ago after retiring from her previous post as Mississippi’s state superintendent, where she is credited for bolstering the state’s fourth grade reading scores.