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State board adopts higher A–F accountability cut scores effective 2025–26
Summary
After a multi-month standard-setting process, the Mississippi State Board of Education voted to raise statewide A–F accountability cut scores; staff said the change reflects a hybrid norm-and-criterion approach and will take effect with the 2025–26 school year.
The Mississippi State Board of Education voted Nov. 20 to adopt new statewide cut scores for A–F accountability ratings, a change officials said is intended to raise expectations for student proficiency and growth.
Staff and outside consultants outlined a multi-step standard-setting process that began in January 2025 and included two rounds of committee deliberations, review of district-level “heat map” impacts, and an independent memo from the Center for Assessment. Allen, who led the presentation, described the committee’s hybrid approach — a mix of norm-referenced and…
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