7 Miss. Code. R. 24-3.0-3.4
Following an analysis of school data each year, the MDE shall identify those schools that are deficient in educating students and need improvement in accordance with Miss. Code Ann. §§ 37-18-3 and 37-18-5. This analysis shall indicate individual school performance based on the annual performance classifications (grades).
A school shall be identified as a School At-Risk and in need of assistance if the school is designated as an F as identified by the SBE. A school that is failing and that is identified as Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI), Target Support and Improvement (TSI), or Additional Target Support and Improvement (ATSI), as outlined in the Mississippi Consolidated State Plan (Mississippi Succeeds), shall be recognized as a School At-Risk.
* METHOD 1: graduation rate less than or equal to 67% (identification in 2018-19 based on 2017-18 data; subsequent identification every 3rd year); or
* METHOD 2: bottom 5% of Title I A schools (identification in 2018-19 based on 2017-18 data; subsequent identification every 3rd year)
* METHOD 3: previously identified Additional Targeted Support and Improvement school with 3 consecutive years of subgroup proficiency performance (ELA or math) at or below that of all students in the bottom 5% of Title I A schools (identification for this group to begin in 2021-2022)
* Subgroup in the lowest 50% of overall accountability index; and
* Subgroup in lowest quartile of 3-year average gap-to-goal; and
* Subgroup scores in lowest quartile of 3-year improvement toward gap-to-goal closure; then
* Schools with a subgroup meeting all three (3) of the above criteria will be rank ordered annually, using overall accountability index, and the bottom 5% of all schools not identified for CSI will be identified for TSI.
For all schools, 3-year average subgroup performance is at or below that of all students in the lowest performing schools (bottom 5% of Title I A schools) (for example: identification in 2018-2019 based on 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2017-2018 data; subsequent annual identification based on most recent 3-year data trend).
Within fifteen (15) days after a School At-Risk has been identified, written notice shall be sent by the MDE, on behalf of the SBE, by e-mail and mail to the school principal, local superintendent, and the local board of education.
For All Schools At-Risk and CSI schools, the district shall create a team, consisting of the superintendent, a board member, the principal, specified district level staff, a content area teacher, and a parent or community member representative from the identified school, to participate in a cross-agency interview with MDE personnel to address the school's performance. The school team shall lead a presentation from a template provided by the MDE, addressing topics, including but not limited to, leading and lagging data, equitable access, leadership, instructional transformation, talent development, and culture shift. Following the interview, the superintendent shall receive verbal and written feedback on the presentation prepared by the interview team and shall utilize this feedback to inform decision-making and plan for school improvement.
The school shall complete a plan for improvement, which shall be approved by the local board of education as documented by official minutes and bear the signatures of the school board chairperson/president and district superintendent. The MDE shall provide final approval for school improvement plans of schools with a CSI designation. The MDE will monitor the plan implementation of failing schools that are identified as CSI. The local school district shall monitor the plan implementation of Schools At-Risk that are not identified as CSI.
The principal or designee shall provide an update addressing progress toward the plan's action steps each month to the community during the monthly local school board meetings. The update and a copy of the school board meeting agenda shall be submitted to the MDE. The school will continue to implement the approved plan until the release of the accountability performance ratings in the subsequent year.
7 Miss. Code. R. 24-3.0-3.4