Mississippi: reading test almost at pre-pandemic pass rate

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A preliminary snapshot of third graders’ literacy proficiency in Mississippi reveals a passing fee almost the identical as earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic, the state training superintendent mentioned Thursday.

“The laborious work of lecturers, college students and oldsters to beat tutorial setbacks attributable to the pandemic is paying off. … I rejoice this accomplishment and acknowledge there’s extra work to be executed,” Carey Wright mentioned in a information launch.

The assertion mentioned 73.9% of 31,068 college students handed the take a look at for the 2021-22 faculty 12 months. That’s in comparison with 74.5% in 2019, the final regular faculty 12 months, when 34,998 college students took the preliminary take a look at.

State regulation requires Mississippi third graders to go a studying evaluation to qualify for promotion to the 4th grade.

Third-grade college students who don’t go at first can get two extra tries. After the ultimate retest in 2019, 85.16% of third graders handed. College students didn’t take a look at in 2020 due to the pandemic. The take a look at was given in 2021, however the passing requirement was waived so no retests have been administered, the Mississippi Division of Schooling mentioned in a information launch.

College students who didn’t go the studying evaluation on their first try final month have been retested Could 9-13. The second retest window is June 20 – July 8. Some college students could qualify for good trigger exemptions to be promoted to 4th grade.