Ms Schools Dropout Rate Improves
Mississippi is seeing an increase in its graduation rate and a slight decrease in its dropout rate. That’s according to new figures released Wednesday by the state Department of Education. The figures also show small improvements in student performance on state standardized tests. The state’s graduation rate rose to 73.7 percent from last year’s rate of 71.4 percent. The state dropout rate fell to 16.7 percent from the previous rate of 17 percent. School and district performance levels such as high performing, successful and failing won’t be released until next month. James Mason, the state’s director of student assessment, says that the test data released, when viewed at the school and district level, gives a good sense of the performance of students at a school.
