Mississippi Department of Education

PARCC 2015 Executive Summary

GRADE 3
Performance Level

English Language Arts

Consortium
Mississippi

Mathematics
Consortium
Mississippi

Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)

4%

1.4%

6%

3.2%

Level 4 (Strong Understanding)

Level 3 (Adequate Understanding)
Level 2 (Partial Understanding)
Level 1

34%
23%
20%
19%

27.3%
25.7%
24.3%
21.3%

32%
28%
22%
12%

29.9%
31.7%
23.8%
11.4%

GRADE 4
Performance Level

English Language Arts

Consortium
Mississippi

Mathematics
Consortium
Mississippi

Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)

8%

3.1%

3%

1.1%

Level 4 (Strong Understanding)

Level 3 (Adequate Understanding)
Level 2 (Partial Understanding)
Level 1

34%
29%
19%
11%

26.6%
32.5%
23.7%
14.1%

29%
30%
26%
12%

26.1%
33.8%
28.4%
10.6%

GRADE 5
Performance Level

English Language Arts

Consortium
Mississippi

Mathematics
Consortium
Mississippi

Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)

3%

0.9%

4%

1.4%

Level 4 (Strong Understanding)

Level 3 (Adequate Understanding)
Level 2 (Partial Understanding)
Level 1

37%
29%
20%
10%

27.2%
31.4%
27.1%
13.5%

28%
30%
26%
11%

23.7%
35.5%
29.0%
10.4%

GRADE 6
Performance Level

English Language Arts

Consortium
Mississippi

Mathematics
Consortium
Mississippi

Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)

5%

2.1%

4%

1.5%

Level 4 (Strong Understanding)

Level 3 (Adequate Understanding)
Level 2 (Partial Understanding)
Level 1

34%
31%
20%
10%

27.2%
34.6%
24.5%
11.6%

28%
30%
26%
11%

23.0%
33.6%
29.2%
12.7%

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Mississippi Department of Education

PARCC 2015 Executive Summary
GRADE 7
Performance Level

English Language Arts

Consortium
Mississippi

Mathematics
Consortium
Mississippi

Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)

11%

5.3%

3%

1.1%

Level 4 (Strong Understanding)

Level 3 (Adequate Understanding)
Level 2 (Partial Understanding)
Level 1

31%
26%
18%
14%

25.9%
29.2%
23.5%
16.1%

26%
34%
28%
10%

19.1%
35.0%
34.2%
10.5%

GRADE 8
Performance Level

English Language Arts

Consortium
Mississippi

Mathematics
Consortium
Mississippi

Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)

7%

2.9%

2%

2.0%

Level 4 (Strong Understanding)

Level 3 (Adequate Understanding)
Level 2 (Partial Understanding)
Level 1

35%
26%
18%
14%

28.2%
29.5%
23.3%
16.2%

25%
25%
26%
22%

26.2%
26.2%
26.8%
18.8%

Performance Level

English II
Consortium
Mississippi

Algebra I
Consortium
Mississippi

Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)

10%

12.8%

2%

1.1%

Level 4 (Strong Understanding)

Level 3 (Adequate Understanding)
Level 2 (Partial Understanding)
Level 1

28%
21%
18%
23%

36.6%
23.3%
15.8%
11.6%

29%
28%
28%
13%

26.3%
30.5%
30.4%
11.6%

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Mississippi Department of Education

PARCC 2015 Executive Summary
GRADE 3
Performance Level
Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)
Level 4 (Strong Understanding)
Total (Level 4 & 5)
GRADE 4
Performance Level
Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)
Level 4 (Strong Understanding)
Total (Level 4 & 5)
GRADE 5
Performance Level
Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)
Level 4 (Strong Understanding)
Total (Level 4 & 5)
GRADE 6
Performance Level
Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)
Level 4 (Strong Understanding)
Total (Level 4 & 5)
GRADE 7
Performance Level

English Language Arts

Consortium
Mississippi

Mathematics
Consortium
Mississippi

4%

1.4%

6%

3.2%

34%
38%

27.3%
29%

32%
38%

29.9%
33%

English Language Arts

Consortium
Mississippi

Mathematics
Consortium
Mississippi

8%

3.1%

3%

1.1%

34%
42%

26.6%
30%

29%
32%

26.1%
27%

English Language Arts

Mississippi
Consortium

Mathematics
Consortium
Mississippi

3%

0.9%

4%

1.4%

37%
40%

27.2%
28%

28%
32%

23.7%
25%

English Language Arts

Consortium
Mississippi

Mathematics
Consortium
Mississippi

5%

2.1%

4%

1.5%

34%
39%

27.2%
29%

28%
32%

23.0%
25%

English Language Arts

Consortium
Mississippi

Mathematics
Consortium
Mississippi

Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)

11%

5.3%

3%

1.1%

Level 4 (Strong Understanding)

Total (Level 4 & 5)

31%
42%

25.9%
31%

26%
29%

19.1%
20%

GRADE 8
Performance Level
Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)
Level 4 (Strong Understanding)
Total (Level 4 & 5)

Performance Level

English Language Arts

Mississippi
Consortium

Mathematics
Consortium
Mississippi

7%

2.9%

2%

2.0%

35%
42%

28.2%
31%

25%
27%

26.2%
28%

English II
Mississippi
Consortium

Algebra I
Consortium
Mississippi

Level 5 (Distinguished Understanding)

10%

12.8%

2%

1.1%

Level 4 (Strong Understanding)

Total (Level 4 & 5)

28%
38%

36.6%
49%

29%
31%

26.3%
27%

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