{"id":1138,"date":"2017-10-23T14:54:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T14:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wptest.mdek12.org\/testsite2\/success\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T20:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T20:36:20","slug":"success","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/superintendent\/success\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated October 4, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t ever let anyone tell you that Mississippi students can\u2019t achieve great things. With the help of district and school leaders and dedicated teachers, students are rewriting the story about public education in the state. The narrative of \u201cfailing\u201d Mississippi schools has been told for so long that many people don\u2019t know that Mississippi students and schools are actually succeeding.<\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0success is attracting national attention.\u00a0The <em>Education Week\u00a0Quality Counts<\/em> report ranked Mississippi No. 2 in the nation for improvement in 2019, 2020 and 2021. <em>Quality Counts<\/em> ranked Mississippi No. 2 in 2021 for\u00a0closing 4th grade reading\u00a0achievement gap\u00a0between students in\u00a0low-income families and their wealthier peers. What is more, <a href=\"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/2021\/09\/16\/mississippi-ranks-35th-in-the-nation-for-k-12-achievement-in-quality-counts-national-report_20210916\/\">Mississippi&#8217;s <em>Quality Counts<\/em> ranking for K-12 achievement has risen from 50th in 2013 to 35th in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CxSpLast\">While Mississippi has more improvement to make, it is clear that the state\u2019s steady achievements in education demonstrate that substantial progress has been made. The public education community is changing the narrative of what Mississippi students can accomplish with the right supports, higher expectations and bold initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi has achieved unprecedented academic success and student achievement is rising every year. Here\u2019s the whole story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/2022\/10\/24\/mississippi-maintains-naep-4th-grade-reading-gains-despite-national-decline-in-all-subjects_20221024\/\">Mississippi 4th graders scored at the national average in both reading and math<\/a>. Mississippi\u2019s economically disadvantaged 4th graders achieved higher scores in reading and math than their peers nationally and in the South. This achievement holds steady among black, white and Hispanic students living in poverty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mississippi\u2019s Rankings for NAEP Gains (2011 to 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No. 1 in 4th grade mathematics<\/li>\n<li>No. 1 in 4th grade reading<\/li>\n<li>No. 3 in 8th grade math<\/li>\n<li>No. 7 in 8th grade reading<\/li>\n<li>Only state with significant gains in two of four tested subjects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Early Childhood Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>64.8 percent of pre-K students in Mississippi\u2019s Early Learning Collaboratives (ELC) met the end-of-year kindergarten readiness score in 2023, up from\u00a059 percent in 2015<\/li>\n<li>ELC students achieved the highest average score in spring 2023\u00a0on the statewide test administered in public pre-K classes to assess whether they are on track to be ready for kindergarten<\/li>\n<li>The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) first recognized Mississippi for its ELC program in 2015 as one of only five states that meet all 10 of its quality standards. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/2023\/05\/18\/2022-state-of-preschool-report-recognizes-mississippi-as-one-of-top-five-states-for-high-quality-pre-k_20230518\/\">As of 2023, Mississippi continues to be\u00a0<strong>one of\u00a0only five<\/strong> <strong>states<\/strong>\u00a0whose publicly funded pre-K program meets\u00a0all 10\u00a0of NIEER\u2019s quality standards for early childhood education<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Literacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Literacy skills among students in pre-K through the 3rd grade have steadily improved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>63.8\u00a0percent of\u00a0<strong>kindergarteners<\/strong>\u00a0met the end-of-year target score in spring 2024, up from 57.7 percent in spring 2022.<\/li>\n<li>84.9 percent of 3rd graders passed the <strong>3rd Grade Reading Assessment<\/strong> after their final attempt in 2023, which means the large majority of 3rd graders are meeting the highest reading standard ever required under the Literacy-Based Promotion Act<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Student Proficiency<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/communications\/2024\/08\/15\/statewide-assessment-results-show-student-achievement-reaches-all-time-high-in-english-language-arts-math-and-science\/\">English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency rates increased between 2016 and 2024<\/a>, rising from 33.6\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>47.8\u00a0percent in ELA<\/strong>\u00a0and from 33.0\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>56.3\u00a0percent in Mathematics<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Advanced Learning and Career Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/2024\/09\/24\/mississippi-students-continue-trend-of-increase-in-advanced-placement-participation-achievement-for-2023-24-school-year\/\"><strong>Advanced Placement (AP)<\/strong> participation and achievement (scores of 3 or higher)\u00a0doubled since 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li>African-American students achieving an AP qualifying score of 3 or higher in 2023 increased 15.6 percent over the previous school year and Hispanic student achievement increased 11.5 percent<\/li>\n<li>The AP exam pass rate reached 34.5 percent in 2023<\/li>\n<li>Participation in <strong>dual credit<\/strong> <strong>courses<\/strong> more rose from 6.6 percent in 2016 to 14.4 percent in 2023, with a 94.7 percent pass rate in 2023<\/li>\n<li>Mississippi\u2019s <strong>graduation rate<\/strong> reached an all-time high of 89.4 percent in 2023, exceeding\u00a0the most recent national rate of 86 percent<\/li>\n<li>The statewide\u00a0drop-out rate fell to 8.5 percent in 2023, a decrease from 13.9 percent\u00a0in 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Graduation rate for students with disabilities tripled from\u00a023.2 percent\u00a0to 70.0 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/communications\/2024\/09\/17\/mde-releases-school-and-district-accountability-grades-for-2023-24-school-year\/\"><strong>2023-24 Accountability<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>85.7 percent of schools earned an A, B or C<\/strong> for the 2023-24 school year, an increase from 62.4 percent in 2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>93.9 percent of districts earned an A, B or C<\/strong> for the 2023-24 school year, an increase from 62.2 percent in 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Learn More<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/superintendent\/mississippi-succeeds-plan\/\">Mississippi Succeeds Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/superintendent\/mississippi-board-of-education-strategic-plan\/\">Mississippi State Board of Education\u00a0Strategic Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/publicReporting\/Reports\">Superintendent&#8217;s Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated October 4, 2024 Don\u2019t ever let anyone tell you that Mississippi students can\u2019t achieve great things. 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