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Task force debates exit rules for CSI/TSI/ATSI and rejects adding '3c' growth tier in straw poll

Accountability Task Force (Mississippi Department of Education) · March 4, 2025
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Summary

Members discussed decile-based exit criteria for federal designations (CSI/TSI/ATSI) and whether to replace them with 'any improvement' or a different metric; the group held a straw poll on adding a 3c growth category and declined to adopt it pending further impact analysis.

A major focus of the meeting was how Mississippi should define exit criteria for federal accountability designations and whether letter grades should be tethered to CSI/TSI/ATSI status.

Chris Topolasco reminded the task force that federal law requires identifications for Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI), Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI), and Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI), and that states must also specify exit criteria. "You no longer meet the entry criteria, and you do one…

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