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The Profile Report provides detailed and comprehensive state-level information on award amounts, assessments reported, participating districts and schools, demographics, and discontinued schools. Select specific reports using the tabs below. Within certain tabs, district- and school-level reports may be generated by clicking on the underlined entity name.

Mississippi

Mississippi Dept Education

359 N. WEST ST

JACKSON, MS 39205

601-359-3513

Department Website:: www.mde.k12.ms.us/
State Reading First Website:: www.nrrf.org/ms_rdg_first_grant.htm

AwardsAssessmentsAssessment ResultsReading First SchoolsDemographicsDiscontinued Schools

The Awards table lists the date funding was awarded to the state/territory and the total award amount.

Award Date	Total Award Amount
7/1/2002	$11,474,933
7/1/2003	$15,684,691
7/1/2004	$16,246,229
7/1/2005	$16,683,346
7/1/2006	$16,271,576
7/1/2007	$16,681,793
7/1/2008	$6,309,399

The Assessments tables list all assessments and subtests reported by the state/territory in its Reading First Annual Performance Report (APR). The tables also report the grades in which the measure is used, the reading skills measured by the subtest, and the cut-off scores used to determine the percentage of students attaining benchmark proficiency.

DIBELS

Nonsense Word Fluency
Grade	Measure	Benchmark Proficiency
1	Phonics	50 Letter Sounds per Minute
2	Phonics	50 Letter Sounds per Minute
3	Not in use

Oral Reading Fluency
Grade	Measure	Benchmark Proficiency
1	Fluency	40 Words per Minute
2	Fluency	90 Words per Minute
3	Fluency	110 Words per Minute

Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
Grade	Measure	Benchmark Proficiency
1	Phonemic Awareness	35 Letter Sounds per Minute
2	Not in use
3	Not in use

MCT2

Language Arts
Grade	Measure	Benchmark Proficiency
1	Not in use
2	Not in use
3	Comprehension	150 scale score

PPVT


Grade	Measure	Benchmark Proficiency
1	Vocabulary	97 standard score
2	Vocabulary	97 standard score
3	Vocabulary	97 standard score

WJIII

Comprehension
Grade	Measure	Benchmark Proficiency
1	Comprehension	97 standard score
2	Comprehension	97 standard score
3	Comprehension	97 standard score

The Assessment Results tables display achievement data provided by each state/territory’s Annual Performance Report (APR). The percent change reflects the percentage point difference between the proficiency rate for the year displayed and the proficiency rate for the previous year.

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All Students DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency
				Participants	Number Proficient	Percent Proficient	Percent Point Change
Mississippi	2003	Baseline	Grades 1-3	5146	2627	51.05%	--
			Grade 1	836	501	59.93%	--
			Grade 2	2244	1268	56.51%	--
			Grade 3	2066	858	41.53%	--
	2004	Year 1	Grades 1-3	7343	3205	43.65%	-7.40%
			Grade 1	2218	1236	55.73%	-4.20%
			Grade 2	2531	1133	44.76%	-11.74%
			Grade 3	2594	836	32.23%	-9.30%
	2005	Year 2	Grades 1-3	7618	3654	47.97%	4.32%
			Grade 1	2633	1632	61.98%	6.26%
			Grade 2	2486	1076	43.28%	-1.48%
			Grade 3	2499	946	37.86%	5.63%
	2006	Year 1	Grades 1-3	5751	2411	41.92%	--
			Grade 1	2001	1059	52.92%	--
			Grade 2	1880	734	39.04%	--
			Grade 3	1870	618	33.05%	--
		Year 3	Grades 1-3	7946	3893	48.99%	1.03%
			Grade 1	2926	1685	57.59%	-4.40%
			Grade 2	2640	1217	46.10%	2.82%
			Grade 3	2380	991	41.64%	3.78%
	2007	Year 2	Grades 1-3	5806	2994	51.57%	9.64%
			Grade 1	2002	1228	61.34%	8.42%
			Grade 2	1935	941	48.63%	9.59%
			Grade 3	1869	825	44.14%	11.09%
		Year 4	Grades 1-3	7607	4066	53.45%	4.46%
			Grade 1	2807	1758	62.63%	5.04%
			Grade 2	2554	1291	50.55%	4.45%
			Grade 3	2246	1017	45.28%	3.64%
	2008	Year 3	Grades 1-3	5622	3170	56.39%	4.82%
			Grade 1	1913	1326	69.32%	7.98%
			Grade 2	1925	1008	52.36%	3.73%
			Grade 3	1784	836	46.86%	2.72%
		Year 5	Grades 1-3	7594	4248	55.94%	2.49%
			Grade 1	2640	1699	64.36%	1.73%
			Grade 2	2682	1433	53.43%	2.88%
			Grade 3	2272	1116	49.12%	3.84%
	2009	Year 1	Grades 1-3	1349	544	40.33%	--
			Grade 1	432	232	53.70%	--
			Grade 2	477	190	39.83%	--
			Grade 3	440	122	27.73%	--
		Year 4	Grades 1-3	3205	1766	55.10%	-1.28%
			Grade 1	984	653	66.36%	-2.95%
			Grade 2	1054	564	53.51%	1.15%
			Grade 3	1167	549	47.04%	0.18%
		Year 6	Grades 1-3	7385	4126	55.87%	-0.07%
			Grade 1	2529	1700	67.22%	2.86%
			Grade 2	2491	1308	52.51%	-0.92%
			Grade 3	2365	1118	47.27%	-1.85%

All Students MCT Reading
				Participants	Number Proficient	Percent Proficient	Percent Point Change
Mississippi	2003	Baseline	Grades 1-3	4780	3278	68.58%	--
			Grade 2	2399	1745	72.74%	--
			Grade 3	2381	1533	64.38%	--
	2004	Year 1	Grades 1-3	4826	3577	74.12%	5.54%
			Grade 2	2426	1898	78.24%	5.50%
			Grade 3	2400	1679	69.96%	5.57%
	2005	Year 2	Grades 1-3	5125	4032	78.67%	4.55%
			Grade 2	2579	2079	80.61%	2.38%
			Grade 3	2546	1953	76.71%	6.75%
	2006	Year 1	Grades 1-3	3757	2944	78.36%	--
			Grade 2	1918	1571	81.91%	--
			Grade 3	1839	1373	74.66%	--
		Year 3	Grades 1-3	5104	4204	82.37%	3.69%
			Grade 2	2674	2224	83.17%	2.56%
			Grade 3	2430	1980	81.48%	4.77%
	2007	Year 2	Grades 1-3	3815	2917	76.46%	-1.90%
			Grade 2	1952	1554	79.61%	-2.30%
			Grade 3	1863	1363	73.16%	-1.50%
		Year 4	Grades 1-3	4917	3886	79.03%	-3.33%
			Grade 2	2602	2105	80.90%	-2.27%
			Grade 3	2315	1781	76.93%	-4.55%
	2008	Year 3	Grades 1-3	1896	629	33.18%	-43.29%
		Year 3	Grade 3	1896	629	33.18%	-39.99%
		Year 5	Grades 1-3	2276	807	35.46%	-43.57%
		Year 5	Grade 3	2276	807	35.46%	-41.48%
	2009	Year 1	Grades 1-3	446	155	34.75%	--
		Year 1	Grade 3	446	155	34.75%	--
		Year 4	Grades 1-3	1126	357	31.71%	-1.47%
		Year 4	Grade 3	1126	357	31.71%	-1.47%
		Year 6	Grades 1-3	2389	737	30.85%	-4.61%
		Year 6	Grade 3	2389	737	30.85%	-4.61%

All Students WJIII Comprehension
				Participants	Number Proficient	Percent Proficient	Percent Point Change
Mississippi	2003	Baseline	Grades 1-3	2315	1204	52.01%	--
			Grade 1	324	227	70.06%	--
			Grade 2	996	583	58.53%	--
			Grade 3	995	394	39.60%	--
	2004	Year 1	Grades 1-3	4976	2715	54.56%	2.55%
			Grade 1	1372	860	62.68%	-7.38%
			Grade 2	1797	1024	56.98%	-1.55%
			Grade 3	1807	831	45.99%	6.39%
	2005	Year 2	Grades 1-3	7597	4086	53.78%	-0.78%
			Grade 1	2676	1591	59.45%	-3.23%
			Grade 2	2432	1309	53.82%	-3.16%
			Grade 3	2489	1186	47.65%	1.66%
	2006	Year 1	Grades 1-3	5662	3150	55.63%	--
			Grade 1	1987	1273	64.07%	--
			Grade 2	1879	1019	54.23%	--
			Grade 3	1796	858	47.77%	--
		Year 3	Grades 1-3	7908	4937	62.43%	8.65%
			Grade 1	2907	1921	66.08%	6.63%
			Grade 2	2629	1641	62.42%	8.60%
			Grade 3	2372	1375	57.97%	10.32%
	2007	Year 2	Grades 1-3	5829	3572	61.28%	5.65%
			Grade 1	2006	1390	69.29%	5.23%
			Grade 2	1937	1153	59.53%	5.29%
			Grade 3	1886	1029	54.56%	6.79%
		Year 4	Grades 1-3	7608	4703	61.82%	-0.61%
			Grade 1	2814	1895	67.34%	1.26%
			Grade 2	2542	1497	58.89%	-3.53%
			Grade 3	2252	1311	58.21%	0.25%
	2008	Year 3	Grades 1-3	5822	3668	63.00%	1.72%
			Grade 1	1986	1468	73.92%	4.63%
			Grade 2	1965	1199	61.02%	1.49%
			Grade 3	1871	1001	53.50%	-1.06%
		Year 5	Grades 1-3	7592	4749	62.55%	0.74%
			Grade 1	2627	1903	72.44%	5.10%
			Grade 2	2683	1611	60.04%	1.15%
			Grade 3	2282	1235	54.12%	-4.10%
	2009	Year 4	Grades 1-3	3213	1962	61.06%	-1.94%
			Grade 1	997	688	69.01%	-4.91%
			Grade 2	1048	657	62.69%	1.67%
			Grade 3	1168	617	52.83%	-0.68%
		Year 6	Grades 1-3	7396	4465	60.37%	-2.18%
			Grade 1	2541	1861	73.24%	0.80%
			Grade 2	2491	1475	59.21%	-0.83%
			Grade 3	2364	1129	47.76%	-6.36%

The Demographics table displays student enrollment and other state demographics information provided by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) for the 2005-2006 school year and the U.S. Census Bureau Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program.

Enrollment data are based on participating Reading First schools only. All other data are for the entire state and do not pertain only to Reading First schools.

Demographic Information
Student Enrollment:	30,644
Number of Teachers:	1,809
Student/Teacher Ratio:	17
Poverty Rate (% Free / Reduced Price Lunch):	70