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What does a student learn in ?

Mississippi pulled back from the Common Core and rebuilt its own College and Career Readiness Standards under one banner. The same framework name runs across reading, math, science, and social studies, which keeps the language consistent from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Revisions happen subject by subject on a rolling cycle, so each area gets refreshed without the whole system changing at once.

  • Mississippi College- & Career-Readiness Standards
Source: Mississippi Mississippi College- & Career-Readiness Standards
The shape of K-12
A plain-language read of how the state runs school.
What students learn
Reading and writing follow the state's own standards but keep the close-reading spine that came out of the Common Core era, with students working from real texts to back up what they say. Math runs a familiar K-8 progression into a traditional Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II sequence in high school. Science and social studies sit inside the same College and Career Readiness framework, with science taught as something students investigate rather than memorize.
How students are measured
Mississippi runs the MAAP, the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, as its main spring test. Students take it in grades 3 through 8 in reading and math, with science checked at grades 5 and 8. In high school, the tests come at the end of specific courses: English II, Algebra I, Biology, and U.S. History. Most students sit for them in late spring, in their regular classrooms.
Frameworks adopted, by subject
The standards documents the state writes against in each subject.
Subject Framework Adopted Source
English Language Arts
Mississippi College- & Career-Readiness Standards
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Mathematics
Mississippi College- & Career-Readiness Standards
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Science
Mississippi College- & Career-Readiness Standards
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Social Studies
Mississippi College- & Career-Readiness Standards
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Browse by grade and subject
Pick a cell to see exactly what students learn that year.
Subjects covered
4
Grade levels
13
Standards on file
4,599
Assessments tracked
0
Common questions
  • Does this state use Common Core?

    Not by that name. The state pulled out of Common Core and rewrote its own standards, though the math and English standards still cover much of the same ground. Science and social studies were written separately by state committees.

  • Which subjects have official standards?

    English, math, science, and social studies all have full state standards from kindergarten through high school. Other subjects like the arts, physical education, and computer science have their own separate frameworks published by the state department of education.

  • How often do the standards change?

    The state reviews each subject on a rolling cycle, usually every six to eight years. Math and English were last revised in the mid-2010s. Science and social studies have been updated more recently, so districts adjust pacing guides every few years.

  • Where can a parent see what students learn this year?

    Pick a grade and subject on this page. Each standard is written as a short statement of what students should know or be able to do by the end of the year, in plain enough language to follow without a teaching background.

Sources
Every page link goes back to the state's own document.

Frameworks