Featured Dr. Wright and Rep. Miles continue exit exam debate amid creation of task force
High school exit exams in Mississippi have been up for debate about whether they exist or not and now the MDE is looking for clarification....
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Featured MDE set to create ‘Student Testing Task Force’
Are Mississippi students tested too often? Are the tests achieving their desired outcomes? These questions and more will be posed and potentially answered by the...
Featured Department of Education to examine testing of Mississippi students
Are Mississippi students tested too often? Are the tests achieving their desired outcomes? These questions and more will be posed and potentially answered by the...
Featured High school exit exams still at play in Mississippi legislature
by Alex Paton
Exit exams in Mississippi could soon be a thing of the past. Representative Tom Miles says he believes exit exams are unnecessary and should be...
Featured Dr. Wright and Rep. Miles debate exit exams in Mississippi
by Alex Paton
An amendment has passed that would put an end to exit tests in high schools in Mississippi. However, state superintendent Dr. Carey Wright says the...
Featured JPS update: corrective action plan to be presented in March
by Alex Paton
It has been six months since the Jackson Public School District was declared by the State Board of Education to be in a state of...
Featured MDE: Mississippi’s graduation rate better than ever before
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Education has released the high school graduation rates for the 2016-17 school year, which show that the state’s graduation rate has...
Featured Data breach affects Mississippi Schools
A data breach of a test provider has affected Mississippi schools Questar’s preliminary analysis found that an unauthorized user viewed student assessment records between December...
Featured Governor, State Superintendent tout education improvements in MS
by Alex Paton
As Mississippi is moving toward a new funding formula for public education its strides in education are being recognized. Mississippi was recently named one of...
MDE releases letter grades for schools and districts across the state
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released letter grades for schools and districts based on Mississippi’s A-F accountability system that evaluates how schools and...