The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) today announced 84% of third graders passed the third-grade reading assessment ...

A report from the Mississippi Department of Education said 84% of third graders in the state passed the reading assessment ...

The policy comes as the state seeks to boost student achievement on its fourth-grade reading scores, which rank 40th in the nation on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also k ...

In Mississippi, officials have designed a system that makes sense and that parents can trust to give them an accurate assessment ... five in the nation for fourth grade reading in their respective ...

Find out how your district, charter or school performed. FIVE CHARTS: Compare statewide results over the past five years.

To celebrate their successes, we’ve created lists of the top-performing districts, charters and schools statewide. Take a ...

Wright was hired a year ago after retiring from her previous post as Mississippi’s state superintendent, where she is credited for bolstering the state’s fourth grade reading scores.

With the start of the 2026-2027 school year, third graders who do not meet reading level standards could be held back unless parents intervene, according to a new policy from the Maryland Board of ...