Majority of CMSD students lag behind grade level
Sixty-four percent of Columbus Middle School students are two or more grade levels behind in reading and 53 percent of those students are two or more grade levels behind in math, according to the district’s mid-year assessment presented Thursday to the school board.
Those grim numbers were presented during a marathon board meeting as one by one, school principals gave status reports of their schools, painting a portrait of an already-struggling school district badly affected by COVID-19 limitations on in-person instruction.
W’s Jumpstart breaks record with Read for the Record event
Mississippi University for Women’s Jumpstart Program recently joined more than 2.24 million readers across the United States to promote early childhood development, education and literacy as part of the Jumpstart’s 15th annual Read for the Record.
Having their voices heard
Reagan Poston said reading her prose pieces aloud for Mississippi Public Broadcasting was like being published in a “verbal publication.”
Seeing clearly: Foundation offering free eye exams, glasses for uninsured third graders who fail MAP reading test
Local third graders who failed the Mississippi Assessment Program reading exam have access to intervention that could spur them to higher academic achievement in years to come.
Summer slide: Ah, summer — but it can be a brain drain, too. What to do?
Dick and Jane have made strides in reading this spring, building vocabulary, tackling more challenging content, inching through a portal that will open a wide world they can only guess at for now.
16 CMSD students retained for reading scores
Sixteen students in the Columbus Municipal School District are repeating third grade this year after failing the 2015-16 state-mandated reading assessment, CMSD Superintendent Philip Hickman confirmed in an email Wednesday.
Some area third graders retained after retaking reading assessment
Area third graders have up to three times to pass a state-mandated third grade reading summative assessment before districts determine whether to retain them.
202 area third-graders fail reading assessment
The “gate” to the fourth grade could close on as many as 202 third-graders in the Golden Triangle, based on the results of April’s Third-Grade Reading Assessment.
The Book Ladies: ‘Have books, will travel’ could be the motto for these dedicated volunteers
Julia Wells really likes a good Christian romance novel. She set out to find one on an afternoon bright with spring promise, in a cheerful room with butter-yellow walls near the Trinity Place Retirement Community dining room.
House bill seeks to raise bar for passing third-grade reading test
More Mississippi third-graders could be in danger of flunking for low reading skills if a bill passed by a House committee Tuesday becomes law.
Annunciation leads state in reading challenge
Students at Annunciation Catholic School have been wearing school uniforms for years.
But not Friday.
Under the Capitol dome: Wright wants higher bar third-grade reading test
State Superintendent of Education Carey Wright wants to move the goalposts on third-grade literacy, requiring students to score significantly higher to advance to fourth grade.
Slimantics: A ‘perfect’ celebration at West Clay Elementary
In her three years as principal at West Clay Elementary School, Dr. Helen Kennard has established rules for what she believes is essential to operating a successful school.
Our View: The importance of reading
“The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.” David Bailey, British photographer When the results of the state
Results are in: Of 760 third graders, 99 fail reading test
Approximately 69 Columbus third graders are facing the possibility of being held back after the state Department of Education released the passing requirements for the first statewide reading test Friday.
Mississippi gets $2.4 million to improve reading teachers
Mississippi will get $2.4 million to subsidize summer programs for struggling readers and improve teachers’ reading instruction methods.
CMSD supe: Third graders lag behind new state standards
A special meeting of the Columbus Municipal School Board of Trustees this week revealed some troubling news.
Our View: Reading to your children: It’s never too soon
When should parents begin reading to their children?
Research says it’s never too soon.
No gains for 12th-graders on national exam
Handing out dismal grades, the Nation’s Report Card says America’s high school seniors lack critical math and reading skills for an increasingly competitive global economy.
Youth invited to ‘Fizz, Boom, Read’ this summer at Columbus library
The Youth Services Department of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library announces its Summer Library Program (SLP) schedule and its science-based theme, “Fizz, Boom, Read!” All programs are free to the public.