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Mississippi task force highlights NAEP gains, urges ACT–SAT concordance in college‑and‑career index
Summary
Task force members praised Mississippi’s NAEP gains and asked the Department of Education to align ACT and SAT thresholds for the college-and-career readiness index; staff said concordance tables will be used and that superscore values should match SAT rigor before final approval.
Chair Chris Topolasco, who coordinates the Accountability Task Force for the Center for Assessment, opened Friday’s meeting by flagging federal assessment results and state indexes as the day’s priorities.
In a presentation to the group, Alan Burrow, associate superintendent for district school performance at MDE, reviewed national and state figures from the 2013–2024 NAEP series and said Mississippi showed relative gains while many states declined. "We had some bright spots," Burrow said, noting the state rose to about 10th in fourth‑grade reading and…
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