Mississippi College- and Career-Ready Standards Feedback Forum

Welcome to the Mississippi College- and Career-Ready Standards Feedback Forum!

From June 15 through September 15, 2015, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) sought public input on the state's English Language Arts and Mathematics standards through the Mississippi College- and Career-Ready Standards (MCCRS) Feedback Forum.

Academic standards define what Mississippi students are expected to learn at each grade level to graduate ready for success in college and career. How the standards are taught – the curriculum or methods and materials used – is decided at the local level, as it was with the previous standards.

The MCCRS Feedback Forum had two primary goals:

To increase awareness and understanding of the Mississippi College- and Career-Ready Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics.
To receive actionable feedback on the standards as part of the MDE’s periodic review process of academic standards.

More than 1,300 people participated in the forum, generating more than 8,000 data points. The forum was widely publicized by the department and education partners, as well as in the media. About 47 percent of those who weighed in on the standards were teachers, about 17 percent were parents, 15 percent were administrators or school district staff, and about seven percent represented the community at-large.

Click on the subject link to view English Language Arts standards feedback or Mathematics standards feedback.

Teams of content experts, teachers from K-12 and postsecondary institutions, and parents worked with agency staff to review all of the feedback collected as part of the forum. These teams proposed revisions that have merit for improving the overall quality and appropriateness of the standards to promote college/career readiness for all students. The Mississippi Board of Education voted on Dec. 17, 2015, to start the APA process on the proposed changes. Following the APA process, the Board will vote on the proposed changes on Jan. 21, 2016. Any changes to the standards would not be implemented until the 2016-17 school year.

Click here to comment on proposed changes via the Mississippi College- and Career-Ready Standards Feedback Forum. Proposed changes can be found under the icon.

Comments may also be mailed to the address below.

All comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on January 12, 2016.

Please provide the following information about your interest in the standards.

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The standards in this application are arranged by subject and grade level. To respond to standards, click any standard's content with a plus sign to see lower levels of the standards document. You may respond to standards that have the icon and the icon. To find particular standards to review, you may also search for a particular concept in the search bar. Proposed changes can be found under the icon.

If you are satisfied with the standard as written click the icon; if you want to see a standard changed, click the icon and provide your suggestions. If you believe a new standard needs to be created type "NEW STANDARD:" and then your suggestion in the text box for the current standard that is most closely related. You may respond to one or more standards.

You may leave and come back to the MCCRS Feedback Forum at any time between now and January 12, 2016, but you will only be able to submit suggestions on a particular standard once per electronic device.

Thank you in advance for your interest in joining the MCCRS Feedback Forum and helping strengthen the Mississippi College- and Career-Ready Standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics for all Mississippi public school students.