The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following statement.
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today the 2022-23 school year graduation and dropout rates, showing an all-time high 89.4% graduation rate and a decreased 8.5% dropout rate.
Rates are based on students who entered ninth grade for the first time during the 2019-20 school year. Among students with disabilities, the graduation rate increased to 70%, and the dropout rate decreased to 17.7%.
MDE’s latest figures mark a continuing impressive trend for Mississippi’s public school students. The statewide graduation rate was 74.5% in 2013 and has increased annually. The rate does not include students who earned a GED or a certificate of completion.
Pandemic disruptions affected the graduation rate in recent years. Due to COVID-19, passing requirements were waived for high school end-of-year assessments in Algebra I, English II, Biology and U.S. History in 2020-21. The waivers have had a positive impact on the graduation rate, but that impact should diminish for the 2023-24 school year.
Mississippi’s graduation rate exceeds the latest U.S. rate of 86.5% from 2019-20 reported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
The statewide dropout has decreased from 13.9% in 2013. The current dropout rate figures reflect a .5% decrease from 2021-22 and a 1.6% decrease among students with disabilities.
“The hard work of students, parents, teachers, counselors and administrators across Mississippi continues to produce outstanding outcomes,” said Dr. Raymond Morgigno, interim state superintendent of education. “The MDE is proud of our students’ continued achievements and remains committed to ensuring all students graduate ready for college and career success.”
21 comments:
Not to be cynical, but the missing variable that would provide meaning to these stats would be the level of learning as evidenced by objective testing for those who are graduating.
Can they read at a 9th grade level using 1960 standards?
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
- Mark Twain
Nowhere does the above quote apply more than with the MS Department of Education. ANY "numbers" they "report" are completely and absolutely bogus. The state is short 2800 teachers, and even more are contemplating quitting or retiring... hmmmmm, I wonder why.
If these reported numbers were anywhere near true, you'd be hearing about how so many folks are just dying to be teachers, but you're not. They're actually dying to get the hell out, some within the first six months of becoming a teacher.
The only folks who need apply are those who are willing to stay silent and look the other way while administrations press their "send" buttons that report these willful and knowing lies that prop up the jobs that chase PERS. It's a miserable existence, but many buy into the cult of MS education.
I believe Abraham Lincoln had a quote that would be applicable - “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”
they just provided more paths to a diploma and made it EASIER to graduate
then patted themselves on the back.
Anything that makes them less worthless is a positive. The problem is you can’t pry their eyes away from their phones long enough to do any meaningful work. Same for my fellow millennials. Millions of content creators who are actually producing informative and worthwhile media. However, the majority are consuming absolutely mindless TikTok trash made by literal clowns. That’s the only way I can describe the clothes, dancing, and makeup. 🤡 CLOWNS 🤡
I'd like info about ACT scores--
I think the reason they call them "attendance centers" is because that's all you have to do.
Headline should read, “Graduation Requirements Hit Record Low”
Doesn't mean a thing. The students can't read or do basic math.
Lowering the bar increases graduation rates. Problem solved, presser to follow, then raises for all of the mucky mucks.
11:22, ACT is much less rigorous than in the past, too, so the truth will be obscured there as well.
How many of those graduates are proficient in English, math & science at a 12th grade level? Very, very few. The vast majority read & write at elementary school levels, from the counties I've looked at.
@ 11:04 AM -- Abraham Lincoln may have also quoted: “Don't believe everything you read on the internet.”
A teacher-friend told me she is always delighted when one of her former students smiles and speaks to her - Typically that student is either inside a window at Popeyes or on a register at Kroger.
The only productive avenue is career-tech, getting involved in a trades class, obtaining basic skills training and following it up with employment. And don't wait until their junior year to mention it.
'Graduation Rate' is meaningless. But when it becomes the objective, it's the only metric that counts.
Lower graduation standards means more student loans for remedial courses in college. It’s a fuckin racket!
Socrates stated "don't believe everything the Mississippi state government tells you."
Just like the crime rate is down in Hinds County and the city of Jackson, depends on who you get that lie from and how you spin it!
Now that’s some shigity!
@2:13pm Yep. They MUST keep the K-12 students "graduating" through so they can apply for that ocean of federal financial aid that keeps the higher ed system flush with federal cash they never have to account for.
Pell Grants (free money for the student and the college) and Federal Student loans (free money for the colleges) are solely the student's responsibility, not the colleges - but the colleges get the windfall every semester.
It is organized crime all in the name of education, which ain't happening - why RICO you say? Because every administrator knows to menace and threaten those who don't play along to keep the money river flowing while discipline and learning are not to be found.
.Punishment-Equity - Achieved
.Parents Admonished - Within Range
.Lunch Program - On Target
.Staff Meetings - Exceeds Target
.Admin Seminars - Exceeds Target
.Graduation Rate - Exceeds Target
.English Proficiency - N/A
.Math Proficiency - N/A
.Employment Objectives - N/A
“You can fool all of the people some of time; you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.”
Attributed to Abraham Lincoln in The New York Times, August 27, 1887. According to The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Roy P. Basler, “Tradition has come to attribute to the Clinton [Illinois] speeches [September 2, 1858] this “most famous” of Lincoln’s utterances.
Basler indicates, however, that there is no evidence of this saying in Lincoln documents. P.T. Barnum has also been a putative source for the quotation.
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