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Mississippi

Adoption Status

Adoption Status: Adopted with Modifications
Adoption Date: 07/02/2010

Implementation Status

Implementation Type: Incremental
Implementation Timeline: 2011-12, K-2; 2013-14, All Grades

Assessment

Assessment Consortia: State Issued

Mississippi Details

Name of Standards: Mississippi College- and Career- Readiness Standards
Standards Numbering Example: Mississippi follows Common Core numbering
Common Core Numbering Example: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1
State Documents: English/Language Arts
Mathematics
Last Reviewed: 02/13/2017

Mississippi News

 

State Board of Education Invites Public Comment on Revised Science Standards (January 19, 2017)

Increased emphasis: Art offers new ways to teach core subjects (March 22, 2016)

More Mississippi third-graders could be in danger of flunking for low reading skills if a state House committee gets its way (February 16, 2016)

State school board approves tweaks to academic standards (January 22, 2016)

State Wide PARCC Test Results Are In (December 19, 2015)

Superintendent to launch own review of Common Core standards (May 1, 2015)

Bryant Vetoes Bill He Calls Weak on Ditching CCSS (April 24, 2015)

Anti-Common Core Bill Goes to Governor (April 3, 2015)

MS Withdraws from PARCC (January 16, 2015)

MS Governor Phil Bryant Makes Break From Thad Cochran’s Common Core Position (June 20, 2014)

Mississippi Common Core Battle Continues as Governor Slams Superintendent (December 4, 2014)