The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following statement.
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released accountability grades for the 2023-24 school year, which show 85.7% of schools and 93.9% of districts earned a grade of C or higher.
The largest-ever share of Mississippi districts are now rated A, B or C. In 2016, the Mississippi State Board of Education set a goal that all schools and districts be rated C or higher. At that time, the percentage of schools and districts meeting this goal were both 62%.
Statewide student assessment data make up a large part of accountability grades. In
2023-24, the overall percentage of students scoring proficient and advanced reached an all-time high in mathematics, English Language Arts (ELA) and science.
“I am incredibly proud of our students, teachers and school leaders for their academic achievements in the 2023-24 school year,” said Dr. Lance Evans, state superintendent of education. “This year’s school and district grades are a testament to the quality and success of Mississippi public schools. I am confident we will continue to build upon this success to make sure every Mississippi public school graduate is prepared for a successful future.”
Mississippi is recognized as a national leader in education because over the past decade, students have made faster progress than nearly every other state. Several factors contributed to the steady rise in student achievement including the implementation of
higher academic standards and statewide support to teachers to help students reach higher standards. Other factors include the effective implementation of laws and policies that developed or strengthened early childhood education, literacy instruction, school
and district accountability, and advanced learning opportunities for high school students.
Since 2013, Mississippi’s national Quality Counts ranking for K-12 achievement improved from 50th to 35th, and the state’s overall education grade improved from F to C- (the nation’s grade is C). In 2024, the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT® Data Book
ranked Mississippi 30th in the nation for education, the state’s highest-ever ranking.
Mississippi’s accountability grades help teachers, school leaders, parents and communities know how well their local schools and districts are serving their students. The components of the state’s accountability system are based on state and federal law and State Board policy. They include:
- Student proficiency and growth rates in ELA and Mathematics in grades 3-8
- Growth of the lowest performing 25% of students in ELA and Mathematics
- Science proficiency in grades 5 and 8
- English Learner progress toward becoming proficient in the English language
- Performance on the ACT and high school Algebra I, English II, Biology and U.S. History assessments
- Student participation and performance in advanced coursework such as Advanced Placement, career and technical education programs and dual credit/dual enrollment courses
- Four-year graduation rate
School and district achievements in 2023-24 extend to all districts under state leadership because of poor academic performance or a state of emergency. All four state-led districts have steadily improved under state leadership:
- Holmes County Consolidated School District: Improved to a B grade this year, after maintaining a C for two consecutive years. The district was rated F when it was taken over in 2021.
- Noxubee County School District: Maintained its C grade from 2023, improving upon its D rating in 2022. The district earned an F every year from 2016 to 2021.
- Achievement School District (ASD): The Humphreys County portion of the ASD improved its grade to a C, improving upon its D grade in 2023 and F in 2022. The Yazoo City portion of the ASD improved to a C from an F in 2023.
“The progress of our state-led districts proves what is possible when educators raise expectations, focus intensely on high-quality instruction and provide strong leadership, “Evans said. “Students are achieving at higher levels because they are being challenged and supported to succeed.”
Kingfish note: Now let's see how many schools scored what grade.
A: 54 school districts (37%)
B: 50 school districts (35%)
C: 35 school districts (24%)
D: 3 school districts (2%)
F: 2 school districts (1%)
16 comments:
Wow!
How did all those scholars get to Holmes County?
MDE is really stingy with those D and F grades-
When you lower expectations, achieving your goals becomes easier. Removing biology, algebra 1, US history and English 2 from graduation requirements has done nothing but make education in MS look better, while the dumbing down continues.
That’s GREAT!
4 F’s and a D on Junior’s report card. The problem is he is concentrating too much on one subject. Jimmy Carter started the DOE, that should be enough to end federal oversight, and giving it over totally to the states wont cure it either.
Jimmy Carter also converted us to the metric system.
Data manipulation cures all problems.
"Jimmy Carter also converted us to the metric system. "
And how many kilograms do you weight? What's the I-55 speed limit in kilometers/hour?
Dumbass.
Meanwhile we have this gem (exact quote) publicly posted this week in the Jackson, MS area:
"Do anyone know of any schools looking for a teacher ? I have zero educational experience i am enrolled in my masters and i am working towards obtaining a degree in teaching"
RIP School Vouchers, lol.
School Systems should not evaluate themselves. What is the truancy rate? How many 3rd graders repeated? How many students expelled? How many tests were specifically coached to? How many teachers speak in pidgin ghetto English?
All I know is Mississippi is far from the dumbest state. I get to work with all types of people from the U.S., our territories, and possessions and there are some very special people out there. So I take these types of reports with a grain of salt.
Congratulations, Mississippi Department of Education and the schools over which it lords, for blowing up for all eternity the bell curve.
@12:45 PM, my recollection from that time is that metric conversion was attempted before Carter came to office; that occurred during the administration of Gerald Ford and was of short duration, lasting about as long as Ford's plan to combat high inflation of the time by wearing cheap lapel buttons reading "WIN," an acronym for "Whip Inflation Now.".
@10:01, 9/19, well, no.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_Conversion_Act
Contemporary (faux) conservatives blame Carter for practically anything.
They don't. The State Department of Education has a full circus of traveling evaluators, multiple teams of them, crisscrossing this state constantly.
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