Mississippi releases 2014-15 school district grades
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Nineteen of Mississippi’s 146 school districts achieved the top score on an A-through-F grading scale for the 2014-15 school year, according to long-delayed ratings released Thursday.
However, some of those A-rated districts retained the top grade because of a waiver that let all districts choose between the score they earned in 2015 or a higher one they earned in one of the previous two years.
The waiver was allowed because Mississippi has been switching its teaching standards and tests.
Three districts – Corinth, Lamar County and Petal – had an A for 2014-15 and for the waiver score.
Forty-three districts had a B rating.
Fifty-four had a C.
Thirty had a D.
None had an F.
