The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) invites public comment to amend the state’s Consolidated State Plan, also known as Mississippi Succeeds, as required under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), 1965, amended as the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015.
The amendment addresses two main areas:
- Clarifications to school performance and accountability procedures
- Proposed changes to the exit criteria for Title I Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI) schools that escalate to Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) schools in the Fall of 2023 and thereafter.
The purpose for this amendment is to clarify language and include changes to the active amendment that was submitted to the US Department of Education in April of 2023. The changes were added to Title I, Part A. The table below identifies the topic of additional red-lined information and the corresponding page number within the consolidated state plan.
| Update to Amendment Section | Location in Document |
| Student Performance and Accountability | |
| EL score adjustment | P. 19 |
| Explanation of additional weighting | P. 22 |
| Remove Mississippi Science Test | P. 25 |
| WorkKeys calculation method | P. 26 |
| Explanation of additional weighting | P. 27 |
| High Schools with missing components | P. 35 |
| School Improvement | |
| CSI exit criteria for methodology #3 | P. 37 |
The MDE worked closely with the state’s Technical Advisory Committee and the Center for Assessment to review the additional changes to Mississippi’s active amendment at the US Department of Education.
View the amended Mississippi Consolidated State Plan – July 2023.
Public comments will be accepted through 5 p.m. August 11, 2023. Comments may be submitted to MSSucceeds@mdek12.org or by mail to MS Department of Education, P.O. Box 771, Jackson, MS 39205-0771