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...
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Featured MDE looks to public for opinions on high school exit exams
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi State Board of Education is seeking the public’s opinion on a proposed revision to its timeline for incorporating end-of-course assessment scores into students’...
Featured National research report: Mississippi pre-K programs among top in U.S.
by Alex Paton
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...
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 2018 Mississippi Administrator and Teacher of the Year
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) and the Office of Teaching and Leading today announced that Dr. Howard Savage Jr., principal of Quitman High School...
Featured Mississippi students show national improvement of 8th grade reading scores
by Alex Paton
Mississippi showed a significant increase in 8th grade Reading on the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) compared to 2015 scores, tying with Washington...
Featured MDE announces administrator and teacher of the year finalists
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Education has announced the finalists for the 2018 Administrator of the Year and the 2018 Teacher of the Year awards. The...
Featured Hinds County school district to become District of Innovation
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi State Board of Education has plans for the Hinds County School District to become Mississippi’s newest District of Innovation. This now brings the...
Featured MDE announces 21 schools to participate in computer science pilot program
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Education says that 21 school districts in the state have been approved to participate in the third year of the computer...
Featured 78 Mississippi students selected as candidates for U.S. Presidential scholars program
by Alex Paton
Mississippi currently has 78 students that have been selected as candidates for the 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program and with only 161 students chosen across the...