What they do in Mississippi, is they have the testing, the gating, early that spring. They allow testing again early in the summer, and then they allow testing again later in the summer.
SupportedJohn James, at Michigan Governor General Election Debate (WOOD TV8)
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Why we checked itSpecific claim about Mississippi's grade retention/testing policy structure — multiple testing windows in spring and summer — that could be verified against Mississippi's actual reading retention law.
What we foundMississippi does conduct three rounds of 3rd-grade reading (gating) assessment: an initial test in spring, a first retest in early summer (May), and a second retest later in summer (June), consistent with the claim.