Literacy Series: Factors Related to Post-Pandemic Improvement
Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part series on third grade literacy achievement. You can find the first part here. *** By Grace Breazeale | Director of Research and K-12 Policy In the first part of this series, we explored the effectiveness of the Literacy-Based Promotion Act (LBPA) across Mississippi school districts, as well […]
Literacy Series: Pre-Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Literacy Achievement in Mississippi
Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a two-part series on the Literacy-Based Promotion Act. *** By Grace Breazeale | Director of Research and K-12 Policy Between 2013 and 2019, fourth grade reading scores on the nationwide NAEP test increased by ten points in Mississippi–a larger increase than in any other state during this time […]
Squaring the Circle: Learning Loss and Rising District Grades
By Toren Ballard This fall, Mississippians received two widely divergent narratives about the state of public education post-COVID: On September 29, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released school and district accountability grades for the 2021-2022 school year, showing unprecedented improvement: 87% of districts were rated “C” or higher, up from 70% in 2019, the last time MDE […]