Jumpstart Test Prep (Jumpstart), through Mississippi Legislative appropriation partnered with the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) to select pilot schools for the 2024-25 school year.
The pilot program is aimed at helping public high school students increase ACT® (juniors), ACT WorkKeys®, and Algebra 1 EOC performance, and Jumpstart efficacy research has demonstrated substantial gains over prior-best scores. This year’s selected cohort of public high schools will receive support, resources, and program guidance to further improve school performance on these assessments. Selected schools were randomly drawn by a third party and complete details can be found here: https://jumpstarttestprep.com/pilot/2024-2025-mississippi-pilot-act-act-workkeys-algeb.
Jumpstart Test Prep will meet to discuss program and efficacy research with any interested district or school, regardless of pilot program participation.
For more information about the Jumpstart Test Prep review programs, please email info@jumpstarttestprep.com.
Jumpstart StartUps ACT®-Aligned Video “Bellringer” Selection Results
A total of 59 high schools and middle schools applied for funding for the StartUps program, representing approximately 30,259 students. Grant funding for the 2024-25 school year to provide access to the Jumpstart StartUps ACT®-aligned video “bellringer” repository is made available to these applicant sites:
- Aberdeen High School
- Amite County High School
- Belle-Shivers Middle School
- Byhalia High School
- Byhalia Middle School
- Cleveland Central High School
- Coahoma County High School
- Coffeeville High School
- Colmer Middle School
- Enterprise High School
- Forest High School
- Galena School
- Gautier High School
- Gautier Middle School
- George County High School
- Germantown High School
- Grenada High School
- Hamilton Attendance Center
- Hatley Attendance School
- Hazlehurst High School
- Humphreys County High School
- Jumpertown High School
- Kemper County High School
- Kosciusko High School
- Kosciusko Jr. High School
- Leland High School
- Long Beach High School
- Madison Shannon Palmer High School
- Meridian High School
- Morton High School
- Mt. Olive Attendance Center
- Neshoba Central High School
- Newton County High School
- Newton High School
- Northeast Jones High School
- Northeast Lauderdale High School
- Noxubee County High School
- O’Bannon High School
- Ocean Springs High School
- Pascagoula High School
- Pass Christian Middle School
- Pearl High School
- Philadelphia High School
- Picayune Memorial High School
- Potts Camp High School
- Quitman High School
- Ridgeland High School
- Ripley High School
- Riverside High School
- Salem Attendance Center
- Shaw High School (Formerly McEvans)
- Smithville Attendance Center
- South Panola High School
- Tylertown High School
- Velma Jackson High School
- Water Valley High School
- West Bolivar High School
- West Lauderdale High School
- Yazoo City High School
Complete ACT® Review Pilot Random Selection Results
A total of 50 schools applied for funding through for the Jumpstart Test Prep Complete ACT® Review program. Third-party methodology and the resulting random draw resulted with allocation for Jumpstart Test Prep’s Complete ACT® Review Program for seven Mississippi public schools representing approximately 588 juniors. The selected schools (with those schools’ 2021 ACT® composite average scores in parentheses for reference) were the following schools:
- Biggersville Hiigh School (17.5)
- Byhalia High School (14.8)
- Hamilton Attendance Center (17.3)
- Madison Shannon Palmer High School (13.4)
- Northeast Lauderdale High School (15.5)
- O’Bannon High School (14.0)
- Southeast Lauderdale High School (17.5)
Complete ACT WorkKeys® Review Pilot Random Selection Results
A total of 53 schools applied for funding for the Jumpstart Test Prep ACT WorkKeys® Review program. Third-party methodology and the resulting random draw resulted with allocation for the program for six Mississippi public schools representing approximately 950 students. The selected schools were the following schools:
- Jumpertown High School
- Moss Point Career and Technical Education
- Northeast Jones High School
- Riverside High School
- Smithville Attendance Center
- Wayne County Career and Technical Center
Complete Algebra 1 EOC Review Pilot Random Selection Results
A total of 47 schools applied for funding for the Algebra 1 EOC Review Assessment program. Third-party methodology and the resulting random draw resulted with allocation for the Jumpstart Test Prep Complete Algebra 1 EOC Review Assessment for 10 Mississippi public schools representing approximately 1,575 students. The selected schools include the following schools:
- Blue Mountain High School
- Cleveland Central High School
- Gautier High School
- H.W. Byers High School
- Hatley Attendance School
- Hazlehurst High School
- Ocean Springs High School
- Pascagoula High School
- Potts Camp High School
- Raymond High School
If you have any questions about the Jumpstart Test Prep programs, please email info@jumpstarttestprep.com.