85% of Mississippi third graders pass reading assessment

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced 85% of third graders passed the third-grade reading assessment after the final retest for the 2024-25 school year. They said the pass rate is higher than the 2023-24 final pass rate of 84%. Mississippi’s Literacy-Based Promotion Act (LBPA) requires third graders to […]