Districts rated F in 2018 that would be rated D if 2016 baseline scores had remained in effect:
South Pike School District Hazlehurst School District
Laurel School District Philadelphia School District
South Delta School District East Tallahatchie School District
Durant School District Sunflower County School District
Holmes County School District Meridian School District
Districts rated D in 2018 that would be rated C if 2016 baseline scores had remained in effect:
Wayne County School District Carroll County School District
Covington County School District Quitman School District
Claiborne County School District
Districts rated C in 2018 that would be rated B if 2016 baseline scores had remained in effect:
Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District Chickasaw County School District
Starkville-Oktibbeha School District Picayune School District
Lincoln County School District Choctaw County School District
Louisville School District Hinds County School District
Forrest County School District Lee County School District
There are no districts rated B that would be rated A if 2016 baseline cut scores had remained in effect. Rather, there are three districts rated A that would be rated B if 2016 cut scores had remained in effect:
Pontotoc School District Tishomingo County School District
North Tippah School District
Distribution of ratings across categories:
Had baseline cut scores not been reset, the 2018 accountability ratings would be as shown in the third column below – #of Districts 2018 w/out Resetting Baseline. Instead, cut scores were changed in a way that made it easier to move from a B to an A (the cut score for A was lowered) but harder to move up a level in each of the bottom three categories (those cut scores were raised). The result is show in the last column below – # of Districts 2018 w/ Baseline Reset (Official).
District Rating
# of Districts in 2016
# of Districts in 2018 without Resetting Baseline
# of Districts in 2018 with Baseline Reset Official
A
14
15
18
B
39
55
42
C
36
32
37
D
35
32
28
F
19
15
21
