School- and District-Level 3rd Grade Reading Test Results Available for First Retest

June 11, 2015

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

Statewide, an estimate of 91 percent of 3^rd graders have achieved a passing score on the 3^rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment. The passing rate incorporates the results of the first test administration in April and the first retest in May. The statewide passing rate for the April test was 85 percent.

Students need to score at least 926 on the 3^rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment to be eligible for promotion to the 4^th grade.

The number of students who have not passed the test is currently 3,415. These students will be given a second retest opportunity during the assessment window of June 29 through August 7, 2015.

Local school districts will determine which of their students who did not pass qualify for one of the good cause exemptions for promotion to 4^th grade.

Mississippi’s Literacy-Based Promotion Act requires that a student scoring at the lowest achievement level on the 3^rdGrade Reading Summative Assessment be retained in 3^rd grade, unless the student meets the good cause exemptions specified in the law. This school year is the first year that a reading test is required for 3^rd graders to be promoted to 4^thgrade.

For information about summer reading programs, contact local school districts. For more information visit the Literacy-Based Promotion Act.

Resources:

LBPA Next Steps

Parent Guide to Understanding 3^rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment Score Report

Strong Readers=Strong Leaders Mississippi

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

Jean Cook, APR
Communications Specialist
601-359-3519