The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires state report cards containing certain information.
The required information falls into three general areas: school improvement, teacher qualifications and
test data. Schools in the state that fail to make adequate yearly progress in achievement must be
identified for school improvement. The report must contain information about the professional
qualifications of teachers in core academic subject areas (English, reading, language arts, science,
mathematics, foreign languages, civics and government, arts, history, and geography). Highly qualified
teachers are those who held full state certification during the 2002-2003 school year. The report must
also contain achievement data for specific subgroups, two-year trends, and student participation rates.

There are 7 schools in school improvement.
  (1420) Clarksdale        (036) J W Stamply Middle        -- Corrective Action
  (6720) Drew              (012) Hunter Middle             -- Improvement (Year 1)
  (2520) Jackson Public    (059) Morrison Academic School  -- Improvement (Year 2)
  (2520) Jackson Public    (014) Sam M Brinkley Middle     -- Improvement (Year 1)
  (3200) Jefferson County  (010) Jefferson County Middle   -- Corrective Action
  (5411) North Panola      (006) Como Middle               -- Corrective Action
  (6900) Tate County       (004) Coldwater High            -- Improvement (Year 1)

Teacher quality information from the 2002/2003 school year:
A new definition of highly qualified was approved by the SBOE in May 2003 and is effective in 2003/2004.
 98.1% of the 96608 NCLB core academic classes were taught by a highly qualified teacher.
      Broken down by the highest and lowest quartile schools based on poverty:
      High Poverty - 97.5% of the 21130 core academic classes were taught by a highly qualified teacher.
      Low Poverty  - 98.3% of the 27127 core academic classes were taught by a highly qualified teacher.
 98.2% of NCLB core academic subject teachers (based on 27708 FTEs) were highly qualified.

The graduation rate is calculated by dividing the number of graduates for school year 2001/2002 by the
number of ninth grade students four years earlier.  The adjusted ninth grade enrollment reflects the
number of new students entering, the number moving out, and the number failing over the four year
period.

The 2001/2002 graduation rate is  80.5%.

State Level Test Data (Overall and Disaggregated by Subgroup)

Tests: MCT=Mississippi Curriculum Test, WRIT=Writing Assessment, SATP=Subject Area Testing Program,
NRT=Norm Referenced Assessment (Terra Nova), ALT=Alternate Assessment.
For SATP English II Writing Assessment: NAR=Narrative Writing Prompt & INF=Informative Writing Prompt.
Subgroups: ALL=All Students, NDO=Non-Disabled Only, DO=Students with Disabilities Only, MAL=Male,
FEM=Female, BLK=Black, WHT=White, ASI=Asian, HIS=Hispanic, NAM=Native American, ELL=English Language
Learners, ED=Economically Disadvantaged, NED=Non-Economically Disadvantaged, MIG=Migrant Student.
MCT proficiency levels: Minimal, Basic, Proficient, and Advanced. Writing Assessments are scored 0-4.
Score Values: MCT=% Basic & Above / % Proficient & Above, WRIT=% Score 2 or Above / % Score 3 or Above,
SATP=Mean Scale Score or Mean Writing Score (0-4 points) & % Passing First Attempt, NRT=Mean NCE Score,
ALT= % Approaching Proficiency or Above / % Proficient. L12-L18 denote MCT instructional level testing.
## means 0%-4%, ** means 96%-100%, < means fewer than 10 students tested, - means no students tested.

               2001 <- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   2002-2003   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ->
TEST SUBJ GRD -2002  ALL   NDO    DO   MAL   FEM   BLK   WHT   ASI   HIS   NAM   ELL   ED    NED   MIG
---- ---- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
MCT  READ GR2 93/83 94/86 94/86 91/81 92/83 **/89 90/79 **/94 **/95 95/90 **/94 90/81 91/81 **/93 88/73
MCT  LANG GR2 92/72 94/78 94/79 91/73 91/73 **/83 91/70 **/87 **/92 93/81 **/90 90/74 91/72 **/87 88/49
MCT  MATH GR2 **/87 **/89 **/90 **/86 **/88 **/90 **/83 **/** **/** **/95 **/94 **/87 **/85 **/95 92/77
MCT  READ GR3 91/79 93/81 93/82 89/76 92/80 94/83 88/71 **/92 **/93 93/86 **/82 89/67 90/74 **/91 82/62
MCT  LANG GR3 90/69 94/76 94/77 90/70 92/72 **/81 91/67 **/86 **/92 94/81 94/75 91/62 92/70 **/85 86/60
MCT  MATH GR3 **/86 **/89 **/89 95/85 **/88 **/90 **/83 **/95 **/** **/93 **/90 **/85 **/85 **/94 92/77
MCT  READ GR4 91/84 94/87 95/87 92/83 93/84 **/90 91/80 **/95 **/** **/91 90/83 95/89 92/82 **/94 86/76
MCT  LANG GR4 89/67 90/68 91/69 87/62 87/62 93/74 86/57 **/81 **/86 91/70 88/63 89/60 87/59 95/81 83/54
MCT  MATH GR4 89/72 90/74 91/74 88/70 90/73 91/74 85/61 **/88 **/91 94/80 88/71 89/66 87/65 **/86 82/55
MCT  READ GR5 88/78 93/84 93/85 89/80 91/82 94/86 88/75 **/94 **/93 93/84 87/87 89/77 89/78 **/93 87/75
MCT  LANG GR5 89/63 91/68 92/69 87/63 88/62 95/75 87/56 **/80 **/86 91/72 89/70 83/54 88/59 **/80 88/52
MCT  MATH GR5 81/58 87/65 88/65 84/63 86/65 89/66 80/49 95/82 **/92 92/75 79/51 85/52 82/54 94/80 86/51
MCT  READ GR6 87/71 89/74 89/74 83/69 87/72 90/76 81/59 **/89 95/88 90/79 91/74 76/55 83/64 95/87 91/66
MCT  LANG GR6 91/55 93/62 93/62 85/55 90/55 95/68 90/49 **/74 **/79 91/68 92/55 84/45 90/52 95/74 91/59
MCT  MATH GR6 78/61 82/62 82/62 75/58 81/61 83/62 72/45 92/79 95/88 86/71 81/60 69/50 75/50 90/76 85/61
MCT  READ GR7 82/59 84/62 85/63 72/51 83/60 86/64 75/44 94/80 95/79 85/62 88/69 66/42 77/49 92/77 81/52
MCT  LANG GR7 90/51 92/52 92/53 79/39 88/44 95/60 88/37 **/67 **/77 87/51 **/49 69/33 89/40 95/65 91/42
MCT  MATH GR7 65/45 70/53 71/54 57/42 69/52 71/54 54/35 86/71 93/85 74/56 71/55 64/46 59/39 82/68 73/55
MCT  READ GR8 75/48 81/57 82/57 64/42 78/55 83/58 71/40 91/73 89/73 81/56 75/55 64/34 73/43 89/70 67/40
MCT  LANG GR8 91/44 93/53 93/54 77/33 89/47 **/59 89/39 **/67 **/72 92/47 91/56 82/32 90/41 95/65 91/38
MCT  MATH GR8 70/46 73/48 74/49 53/34 72/48 74/48 60/31 86/65 92/80 74/49 63/50 51/33 63/35 83/62 69/45
WRIT      GR4 91/44 **/24 **/24 94/20 95/18 **/31 **/19 **/30 **/47 95/26 **/24 91/26 **/20 **/30 **/30
WRIT      GR7 92/31 93/31 94/32 87/25 92/26 95/36 91/22 **/40 **/51 93/29 95/34 86/19 92/25 **/39 95/25
SATP ALG1 AVG 335.9 339.9 340.8 320.7 339.5 340.3 322.0 355.1 377.4 354.4 351.0 334.4 325.0 350.7 362.8
SATP ALG1 %P         81.9  82.7  64.3  81.1  82.6  71.8  90.7  95.9  87.8  86.5  74.7  73.6  87.9  83.3
SATP BIOL AVG 347.4 352.0 353.0 326.6 355.6 348.9 329.6 372.6 380.1 361.8 331.3 339.7 331.8 366.9 363.7
SATP BIOL %P         86.5  87.2  69.3  87.4  85.8  76.6  95.7  92.3  87.8  72.7  66.7  77.7  93.1  88.9
SATP HIST AVG 359.7 363.0 363.6 346.9 370.4 356.6 346.1 378.0 381.9 369.4 351.4 360.9 347.4 373.0 382.5
SATP HIST %P         94.3  94.6  84.9  95.2  93.5  90.3  97.8  96.1  94.6  94.4  85.0  90.5  96.6  94.1
SATP ENGL AVG 321.5 330.0 331.4 297.8 325.0 334.4 314.0 344.2 343.6 332.3 326.5 337.4 315.9 340.0 333.3
SATP ENGL %P         78.4  79.9  45.0  74.6  81.7  66.8  88.7  85.8  78.2  82.9  80.9  68.0  85.8  80.6
SATP NAR  AVG   2.3   2.2   2.2   2.0   2.2   2.2   2.1   2.3   2.4   2.2   2.3   2.2   2.1   2.3   2.3
SATP NAR  %P         94.1  94.4  87.6  93.2  94.9  91.6  96.5  91.8  91.0  95.0  87.9  91.9  95.7  90.3
SATP INF  AVG   2.2   2.2   2.3   2.0   2.2   2.3   2.1   2.3   2.4   2.3   2.4   2.3   2.1   2.3   2.2
SATP INF  %P         97.0  97.3  89.5  96.0  97.9  95.6  98.4  93.9  92.0  97.5  90.2  95.6  98.0  90.3
NRT  READ GR6        50.8  50.9  50.1  49.5  52.1  44.0  58.0  58.5  49.7  46.9  42.2  45.5  57.5  46.3
NRT  LANG GR6        51.7  51.7  51.3  49.6  53.7  45.7  57.9  60.1  51.7  48.1  44.7  46.7  57.8  49.0
NRT  MATH GR6        50.7  50.7  50.1  50.7  50.7  43.2  58.4  64.1  51.2  50.6  44.8  45.1  57.5  48.8
MCT  READ L12 71/50 70/49 75/55 69/48 68/48 74/52 67/45 76/57 90/60 55/45 82/64 60/41 69/48 74/54   <
MCT  LANG L12 71/32 71/38 75/42 70/37 70/36 74/41 69/34 75/44 90/80 59/38 85/69 76/45 70/36 74/43   <
MCT  MATH L12 86/59 84/60 87/68 84/58 85/62 83/55 82/56 89/68   <   79/57   <   84/63 84/60 84/60   <
MCT  READ L13 70/48 74/51 73/54 74/50 74/51 74/51 70/44 82/63   <   71/71 75/58 77/41 73/49 78/56   <
MCT  LANG L13 66/32 72/36 72/37 72/36 70/33 76/42 69/32 77/43   <   83/33 80/40 70/35 71/35 76/41   <
MCT  MATH L13 87/60 85/60 85/63 85/59 85/60 86/60 83/56 90/68   <   71/48 92/69 89/48 85/59 86/63   <
MCT  READ L14 73/60 79/63 79/63 79/63 78/62 81/65 74/55 86/74   <     <     <     <   77/61 85/70   <
MCT  LANG L14 65/27 71/30 70/29 71/30 67/28 77/35 66/24 77/38   <     <     <     <   70/29 72/34   <
MCT  MATH L14 68/38 65/34 65/34 65/33 65/36 64/28 58/25 74/45   <   80/20   <     <   63/31 70/40   <
MCT  READ L15 66/49 74/53 76/53 74/53 73/53 76/53 68/43 80/63   <   80/80   -     -   72/50 80/61   <
MCT  LANG L15 56/20 66/26 66/18 66/28 62/23 73/31 62/19 69/33   <     <     -     -   64/25 71/28   <
MCT  MATH L15 49/22 58/24 60/23 58/24 59/24 57/23 49/14 66/32   <   93/71   <     -   55/20 65/30   <
MCT  READ L16 65/40 70/51 73/41 69/52 73/53 63/46 57/35 81/64   -     <     <     <   63/45 80/60   -
MCT  LANG L16 67/16 72/19 69/15 73/19 70/19 76/18 65/10 78/27   -     <     <     -   67/15 82/24   -
MCT  MATH L16 41/24 53/25 52/30 53/25 58/29 41/16 37/12 68/39   <     <     <     -   49/22 60/32   -
MCT  READ L17 52/29 66/36 64/27 66/37 66/36 67/38 59/33 70/39   -     <     -     -   69/34 64/40   -
MCT  LANG L17 51/08 70/16 55/## 72/17 66/14 77/18 69/17 71/15   -     <     -     -   76/18 61/13   -
MCT  MATH L17 29/11 44/23   <   45/23 50/24 32/20 37/18 50/27   -     -     -     -   40/19 51/29   -
MCT  READ L18 43/17 65/35   <   61/32 65/39 64/27 54/08 70/50   -     <     -     -   55/20 79/57   -
MCT  LANG L18 58/10 63/20   <   59/16 62/23 64/14 53/06 70/30   -     -     -     -   58/13 69/31   -
MCT  MATH L18 27/13 46/29   <   43/24 50/33 36/18 39/08 50/41   -     -     -     -   53/29 39/28   -
ALT  COMP ALL 94/53 95/57 92/50 **/58 95/57 **/56 94/54 **/61 **/61 **/67   <   88/46 95/56 **/60   <

% TESTED R/LA         98    99    96    98    99    98    99    98    97    96    95    98    99    98
% TESTED MATH         98    99    96    98    99    98    99    98    96    97    94    98    99    98

The 2002/2003 test participation rates above are calculated separately for reading/language arts (R/LA)
and mathematics (MATH).  They are based on students enrolled in grades 3-8, students with disabilities
coded as ungraded who were the same age as students in those grades, and students enrolled in English II
or Algebra I during the school year.  All students who took an MCT at grade level or at instructional
level, an alternate assessment, an English II test, or an Algebra I test were counted as tested.
A participation rate is shown if the number of students in the subgroup is 40 or greater.