The Parents’ Campaign Research and Education Fund reviewed and compared changes in school districts’ total points scored from 2016 to 2017 on the 1,000-point Accountability Rating scale. The following shows changes – increases and decreases – by rating level (A-F). Districts Rated F in 2016: 17 of 19 F-rated districts gained ground in total points (largest gain for an […]
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Districts rated F in 2018 that would be rated D if 2016 baseline scores had remained in effect:South Pike School District Hazlehurst School DistrictLaurel School District
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Passed by the Mississippi Legislature in 1997 (see history below), the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) is a law that provides a formula that is designed to ensure an adequate education for every Mississippi child — whether that child lives in a “wealthy” community or a “poor” one. It is designed to provide schools the
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MS Delta Academies yesterday received approval by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board to open Leflore Legacy Academy, serving grades 6-8, in Greenwood. In its first year, 2020-2021, the school will serve only grade 6. The board rejected applications for charter schools in Canton and Vicksburg-Warren, as well as a second application for another Greenwood charter school. Note:
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Jackson: Ambition Preparatory, 5331 Clinton Boulevard, grades K-1 Midtown, 301 Adelle Street, grades 5-8 Reimagine Prep, 309 West McDowell Road, grades 5-8 Smilow Collegiate, 787 East Northside Drive, grades K-2 Smilow Prep, 787 East Northside Drive, grades 5-7 Clarksdale: Clarksdale Collegiate, 1012 West 2nd Street, grades K-2
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Applications for charter schools in Canton, Greenwood (2), South Pike, and Vicksburg-Warren school districts will move to the next stage of the application process, per a vote by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board earlier this month.
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Letters of intent for the 2019 application cycle were submitted to the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board for 14 new charter schools. The proposed charter schools would be located in the following school districts: Canton, Cleveland, Greenville (2), Greenwood (2), Holly Springs, Holmes County Consolidated (2), McComb, North Bolivar Consolidated, South Pike, Vicksburg-Warren, Wilkinson County.
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RePublic Schools, based in Nashville, yesterday received approval by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board to open Revive Prep, serving grades K-8, and RePublic High School, serving grades 9-12, both in Jackson. RePublic already operates three charter schools in the city. The two new schools are slated to open for the 2020-2021 school year. The board
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Ambition Preparatory Charter School received approval by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board on September 10, 2018, to open as a K-8 school in the fall of 2019. The school will serve students who reside within the Jackson Public School District. Ambition Prep will become the fifth charter school to locate in Jackson. The board delayed
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The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced that 93.2% of 2017-2018 third graders met the requirements of the Literacy-based Promotion Act to move to fourth grade. Results of Spring 2018 testing: 93.2%, or 35,050 students, met or exceeded the passing standard, scoring at or above Performance Level 2 on the reading and language portions of the
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