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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 7, 2018

Mississippi reading scores improve across the state

Reading scores rise across state Mississippi’s third grade reading scores are continuing to rise. Throughout the state, 93.2% of 3rd graders passed the test and the initial pass rate has increased every year since the test was first administered in 2015. Since then, the passing rate has increased from 85% in 2015 to 87% in…
News  |  Editor  • 
June 7, 2018

Weaponizing “scorecards” and the folks that lie about them

by Alan Lange On Tuesday, a McDaniel press release published at Keith Plunkett’s MississippiPEP referenced an immigration watchdog/advocacy group called NumbersUSA who had rated Cindy Hyde-Smith with a “D” on their legislative scorecard. The piece even had a spiffy title – “Groups Scoring Cindy Hyde-Smith Show Votes More in Line With Liberals Than Conservatives.”  Curiously, the…