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Accountability Ratings for Mississippi Schools and School Districts 2013

Student achievement is on the rise in Mississippi! The Mississippi Department of Education has released the 2013 school and school district accountability ratings. Eighteen districts received the state’s highest rating of A, a tremendous achievement for those communities! Congratulations to the students, teachers, principals, superintendents, and parents in these outstanding school districts. More good news: the

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Accountability Results Headings

The following are the acronyms used on the accountability results spreadsheet and the full titles for which they stand. QDI: Quality of Distribution Index AYP RLA: Adequate Yearly Progress Reading Language Arts AYP MTH: Adequate Yearly Progress Math AYP OAI: Adequate Yearly Progress Other Academic Indicators HSCI: High School Completion Index AYP RLA: Adequate Yearly

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What is Title I Funding?

Title I funds are federal dollars that aim to bridge the gap between low-income students and their more affluent peers. Research has shown conclusively that poverty is the leading indicator of low student achievement, and Title I funds are intended to provide the additional resources required to bring low-income students to a higher level of

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Experts Note Common Core’s Similarity to Standards of Top-performing Countries

There is overwhelming consensus from national and international experts that the Common Core State Standards are higher, in most cases much higher, than existing state standards. From a formal statement in support of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, issued by the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences: • “Building on long years of work,

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State Revenue Surplus Should Go to MAEP

According to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Mississippi’s revenue is coming in well above what the Legislature projected. In fact, House Appropriations Chairman Herb Frierson thinks the state’s cash balance at the end of this fiscal year could be as much as $300-million – enough to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) for the coming school year.

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Tennessee Charter School Law Eliminates Profit Motive

For-profit entities are not allowed to operate or manage charter schools in Tennessee. According to the Tennessee Department of Education: Though a few states allow for-profit entities to operate public charter schools, and many states allow non-profit charter school governing bodies to contract with for-profit entities to operate or manage charter schools, Tennessee law prohibits

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