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School- and District-Level 3rd Grade Reading Test Results Available for Public Viewing

May 12, 2016

CLINTON, Miss. – School- and district-level passing rates for the 3rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment are now available to the public. Passing rates can be found here.

Statewide, 87 percent of 3rd graders achieved a passing score. Students need to score at least 926 on the 3rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment, which was administered in public schools in March and April.

A comparison of results from the first administration of the test in 2015 and 2016 is as follows:

3rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment

Spring 2015

First Administration

Spring 2016

First Administration

 

State Scale Score (Average)

 

980

 

983

 

Students scoring at or above 926

32,219 Test-Takers

(85.2%)

34,281 Test-Takers

(87.0%)

 

Students scoring below 926

5,612 Test-Takers

(14.8%)

5,132 Test-Takers

(13.0%)

 

Local school districts will determine which of their students who did not pass qualify for one of the good cause exemptions for promotion to 4th grade. The remaining students will be retested before a decision is made about their promotion or retention. 

Students who did not meet the passing score will be given two opportunities to retest. The first retest window is May 16-22, 2016. The second retest opportunity will take place between June 27 and August 5, 2016.

Mississippi’s Literacy-Based Promotion Act requires that a student scoring at the lowest achievement level on the 3rdGrade Reading Summative Assessment be retained in 3rd grade, unless the student meets the good cause exemptions specified in the law.

The Literacy-Based Promotion Act was amended in 2016 and will require students starting in the 2018-2019 school year to score above the lowest two achievement levels in order to be promoted to the 4th grade.

Also, starting in the 2015-2016 school year, students who have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or a 504 plan who have received either intensive remediation for more than two years or who were previously retained for one year can now qualify for a good cause exemption. 

For information about summer reading programs, contact local school districts. For more information about the Literacy-Based Promotion Act, visit www.mde.k12.ms.us/literacy.

Media Contact: 
Patrice Guilfoyle, APR
Director of Communications
601-359-3706 

Jean Cook, APR
Communications Specialist
601-359-3519