{"id":2472,"date":"2024-02-01T20:44:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T20:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2024-10-14T14:59:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T14:59:51","slug":"mde-launches-know-your-childs-reading-score-campaign-to-assist-k-3-parents-guardians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/2024\/02\/01\/mde-launches-know-your-childs-reading-score-campaign-to-assist-k-3-parents-guardians\/","title":{"rendered":"MDE launches Know Your Child\u2019s Reading Score campaign to assist K-3 parents\/guardians"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Immediate Release: \u00a0February 1, 2024<\/p>\n

\"Know<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

MDE launches Know Your Child\u2019s Reading Score campaign to assist K-3 parents\/guardians<\/strong><\/p>\n

JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is launching a new campaign called Know Your Child\u2019s Reading Score<\/u><\/a> in an effort for parents\/guardians of kindergarten through third-grade students to be well informed of their child\u2019s reading ability and supports offered by school districts and schools.<\/p>\n

The Literacy-Based Promotion Act<\/u><\/a> (LBPA) requires school districts to assess reading skills of students in kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade (K-3) at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year. Schools administer screeners to determine the students\u2019 reading ability, and students receive a score on each screener.<\/p>\n

If the score indicates a student may be at risk of having a substantial deficiency in reading, the LBPA requires school districts to provide written notification to parents\/guardians until the deficiency is remediated. The written notification is provided in what MDE refers to as \u201cliteracy screener letters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll parents should be notified of their K-3 students\u2019 scores, but literacy screener letters are only sent when a student\u2019s score shows a child is not reading on grade level,\u201d said Kristen Wynn, MDE\u2019s state literacy director. \u201cWith this campaign, we want parents and guardians to know they should receive this information from teachers. Once they have this information, teachers and parents work together to ensure students receive the necessary supports to improve their reading skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

If a student is not reading on grade level, the LBPA requires an individual reading plan to be created and teacher\/parent meetings to occur to help students succeed in reading.<\/p>\n

Visit the new Know Your Child\u2019s Reading Score website at strongreadersms.com\/reading-score\/<\/u><\/a> to get more information on screener letters and parental resources.<\/p>\n

Find all MDE news releases at mdek12.org\/news<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Media Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jean Cook, APR
\nChief of Communication
\n601-359-3515
\njcook@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Shanderia Minor
\nPublic Information Officer
\n601-359-3515
\nsminor@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: \u00a0February 1, 2024   MDE launches Know Your Child\u2019s Reading Score campaign to assist K-3 parents\/guardians JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is launching a new campaign called Know Your Child\u2019s Reading Score in an effort for parents\/guardians of kindergarten through third-grade students to be well informed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2987,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472\/revisions\/2987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}