{"id":654,"date":"2020-01-09T17:10:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T17:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wptest.mdek12.org\/testsite2\/2020\/01\/09\/superintendents-annual-report-for-2018-19-shows-mississippi-student-achievement-reaches-all-time-high_20200109\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T17:10:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T17:10:04","slug":"superintendents-annual-report-for-2018-19-shows-mississippi-student-achievement-reaches-all-time-high_20200109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/2020\/01\/09\/superintendents-annual-report-for-2018-19-shows-mississippi-student-achievement-reaches-all-time-high_20200109\/","title":{"rendered":"Superintendent\u2019s Annual Report for 2018-19 Shows Mississippi Student Achievement Reaches All-time High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For Immediate Release: &nbsp;January 9, 2020<\/p>\n<p>JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 The newly released Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) 2018-19 Superintendent\u2019s Annual Report shows how student achievement in Mississippi has reached an all-time high. View the report online at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/SuptReport2019\">bit.ly\/SuptReport2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report provides details about how Mississippi\u2019s commitment to higher academic standards has made the state a national leader in education. Along with rising student proficiency levels on state assessments, Mississippi has achieved the No. 1 spot in the nation for gains on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation\u2019s Report Card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly proud of our public schools and am excited to share the story of their historic achievements,\u201d said Dr. Carey Wright, state superintendent of education. \u201cMississippi students are making faster progress than nearly every other state in the nation because we raised expectations for what they can accomplish. Teachers, school leaders, parents and students are to be commended for their hard work and commitment to excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mississippi State Board of Education\u2019s and MDE\u2019s priorities for 2020 and beyond include maintaining high academic standards that will prepare all students for college and careers, strengthening the state\u2019s early childhood education infrastructure, continuing to help make teachers and school leaders more effective, making data-driven decisions to raise student achievement and close achievement gaps, and improving low-performing schools.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: &nbsp;January 9, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 The newly released Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) 2018-19 Superintendent\u2019s Annual Report shows how student achievement in Mississippi has reached an all-time high. View the report online at bit.ly\/SuptReport2019. The report provides details about how Mississippi\u2019s commitment to higher academic standards has made the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654"}],"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=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}