2023-2024 Statewide Testing Calendar
Test Name Details Start Date Finish Date
Maxium
Duration in
Minutes
Grade Levels Retesters
Pretest
7/20/2023 9/22/2023
41 PK-K No
Posttest
4/01/2024 5/10/2024
41 PK-K Yes
3rd Grade MS Academic Assessment Program ELA Initial
4/8/2024 4/19/2024
180 3 Yes
3rd Grade Reading Alternative Assessment 1st Retest
5/6/2024 5/10/2024
180
3
Yes
3rd Grade Reading Alternative Assessment 2nd Retest
6/17/2024 6/28/2024
180
3
Yes
MS Academic Assessment Program for Biology and U.S. History
11/27/2023 12/15/2023
180
9-12
Yes
MS Academic Assessment Program for English II & Algebra 1
11/27/2023 12/15/2023
180-255*
English II, Algebra I
Yes
MS Academic Assessment Program for ELA & Math
4/08/2024
5/17/2024
180-255*
3-8, English II, Algebra I
Yes
MS Academic Assessment Program for Grade 5 and Grade 8 Science
4/08/2024 5/17/2024
180 5 & 8 No
MS Academic Assessment Program for Biology and U.S. History
4/08/2024 5/17/2024
180
9-12
Yes
Fall Retest/4x4 block 11/27/2023
12/8/2023
Untimed EOC High School Yes
ELA & Math
3/11/2024
5/3/2024
Untimed
SCD 3-12
Yes
Science
3/11/2024 5/3/2024
Untimed
5, 8, HS
Yes
English Language Proficiency Test
English Learners
3/1/2024
4/12/2024
Untimed K - 12 No
Test Window 1 - Paper
2/27/2024 2/27/2024
175 11 No
Test Window 1 -
Accommodations
2/27/2024 3/08/2024 Can vary 11 No
Test 1 - Online
2/27/2024 3/08/2024
175 11 No
Test Window 2 - Paper
3/26/2024 3/26/2024
175 11 No
Test Window 2 -
Accommodations
3/26/2024 4/5/2024 Can vary 11 No
Test Window 2 - Online
3/26/2024
4/5/2024
175
11
No
Test Window 3 - Paper
4/23/2024 4/23/2024
175
11
No
Test Window 3 -
Accommodations
4/23/2024
5/03/2024 Can vary
11
No
Test Window 3 - Online
4/23/2024
5/03/2024
175
11
No
Fall - Paper
10/30/2023 11/17/2023
165
10 - 12
No
Fall - Online
10/23/2023 12/8/2023
165
10 - 12
No
Spring - Paper
3/04/2024 3/22/2024
165
10 - 12
No
Spring - Online
3/04/2024
/4/19/2024
165
10 - 12
No
Key: TBD = To be determined; * ELA Session 1 (180 minutes) and 2 (75 minutes) will be 255 minutes total. Math Session 2 has been removed.
Mardi Gras is February 13, 2024; Easter is March 31, 2024; Spring Break typically will be March 11-15, 2024; Coastal Spring Break is TBD.
Note: Testing days vary from a m
inimum of one (1) day to a maximum of three (3) days per student.
Fall EOC - 4x4
Spring
Testing Window
Testing Population
Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA)
Special Populations
ACT
Please refer to the ACT Schedule of Events for specific onlin and accommodations testing days.
https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/state-and-district-solutions/mississippi/the-
act.html
ACT WorkKeys
MS Academic Assessment Program - Alternate
Please see K-3 Assessment Key Dates document for further information on all dates related to the Literacy-Based Promotion Act and the NAEP Key Dates document for information on all dates related to the NAEP.
MDE-Office of Student Assessment
Revised May 26, 2023
