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State board removes U.S. history test from graduation and updates accountability rules
Summary
The Mississippi State Board of Education voted June 19 to eliminate the U.S. history end‑of‑course assessment as a statewide graduation requirement and to remove it from the accountability calculation, redirecting its weight into the new Mississippi readiness index and approving related business‑rule changes.
The Mississippi State Board of Education on June 19 voted to remove the U.S. history end‑of‑course assessment as a statewide graduation requirement and to eliminate the test’s use in the state accountability system, moving its points to the Mississippi readiness index.
Board staff said the department received 44 public comments during the rulemaking period on the proposal: 20 in support, 16 opposed, three neutral and five off topic. Miss Clemens, a staff member who presented the item, said the department’s recommendation remained to eliminate the test from both graduation requirements and accountability after review of the comments.
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