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2024-2025 Mississippi Pilot ACT®, ACT WorkKeys®, Algebra 1 EOC Research

Jumpstart Test Prep Review Resources school selections announced for 2024-25

Jumpstart Test Prep (Jumpstart), through Mississippi Legislative appropriation partnered with the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) to select pilot schools for the 2024-25 school year.

The pilot program is aimed at helping public high school students increase ACT® (juniors), ACT WorkKeys®, and Algebra 1 EOC performance, and Jumpstart efficacy research has demonstrated substantial gains over prior-best scoresThis year’s selected cohort of public high schools will receive support, resources, and program guidance to further improve school performance on these assessments.  Selected schools were randomly drawn by a third party and complete details can be found here:  https://jumpstarttestprep.com/pilot/2024-2025-mississippi-pilot-act-act-workkeys-algeb.

Jumpstart Test Prep will meet to discuss program and efficacy research with any interested district or school, regardless of pilot program participation.

For more information about the Jumpstart Test Prep review programs, please email info@jumpstarttestprep.com.

Jumpstart StartUps ACT®-Aligned Video “Bellringer” Selection Results
A total of 60 high schools and middle schools applied for funding for the StartUps program, representing approximately 31,000 students. Grant funding for the 2024-25 school year to provide access to the Jumpstart StartUps ACT®-aligned video “bellringer” repository is made available to these applicant sites:

  • Aberdeen High School
  • Amite County High School
  • Belle-Shivers Middle School
  • Byhalia High School
  • Byhalia Middle School
  • Cleveland Central High School
  • Coahoma County High School
  • Coffeeville High School
  • Colmer Middle School
  • Enterprise High School
  • Forest High School
  • Galena School
  • Gautier High School
  • Gautier Middle School
  • George County High School
  • Germantown High School
  • Grenada High School
  • Hamilton Attendance Center
  • Hatley Attendance School
  • Hazlehurst High School
  • Humphreys County High School
  • Jumpertown High School
  • Kemper County High School
  • Kosciusko High School
  • Kosciusko Jr. High School
  • Leland High School
  • Long Beach High School
  • Madison Shannon Palmer High School
  • Meridian High School
  • Morton High School
  • Mt. Olive Attendance Center
  • Neshoba Central High School
  • Newton County High School
  • Newton High School
  • Northeast Jones High School
  • Northeast Lauderdale High School
  • Noxubee County High School
  • O’Bannon High School
  • Ocean Springs High School
  • Pascagoula High School
  • Pass Christian Middle School
  • Pearl High School
  • Philadelphia High School
  • Picayune Memorial High School
  • Potts Camp High School
  • Quitman High School
  • Ridgeland High School
  • Ripley High School
  • Riverside High School
  • Salem Attendance Center
  • Shaw High School (Formerly McEvans)
  • Smithville Attendance Center
  • South Panola High School
  • Tylertown High School
  • Velma Jackson High School
  • Water Valley High School
  • Wayne County High School
  • West Bolivar High School
  • West Lauderdale High School
  • Yazoo City High School

 Complete ACT® Review Pilot Random Selection Results

A total of 50 schools applied for funding through for the Jumpstart Test Prep Complete ACT® Review program. Third-party methodology and the resulting random draw resulted with allocation for Jumpstart Test Prep’s Complete ACT® Review Program for seven Mississippi public schools representing approximately 588 juniors. The selected schools (with those schools’ 2021 ACT® composite average scores in parentheses for reference) were the following schools:

  • Biggersville High School (17.5)
  • Byhalia High School (14.8)
  • Hamilton Attendance Center (17.3)
  • Madison Shannon Palmer High School (13.4)
  • Northeast Lauderdale High School (15.5)
  • O’Bannon High School (14.0)
  • Southeast Lauderdale High School (17.5)

Complete ACT WorkKeys® Review Pilot Random Selection Results
A total of 53 schools applied for funding for the Jumpstart Test Prep ACT WorkKeys® Review program.  Third-party methodology and the resulting random draw resulted with allocation for the program for six Mississippi public schools representing approximately 950 students. The selected schools were the following schools:

  • Jumpertown High School
  • Moss Point Career and Technical Education
  • Northeast Jones High School
  • Riverside High School
  • Smithville Attendance Center
  • Wayne County Career and Technical Center

Complete Algebra 1 EOC Review Pilot Random Selection Results

A total of 47 schools applied for funding for the Algebra 1 EOC Review Assessment program. Third-party methodology and the resulting random draw resulted with allocation for the Jumpstart Test Prep Complete Algebra 1 EOC Review Assessment for 10 Mississippi public schools representing approximately 1,575 students. The selected schools include the following schools:

  • Blue Mountain High School
  • Cleveland Central High School
  • Gautier High School
  • H.W. Byers High School
  • Hatley Attendance School
  • Hazlehurst High School
  • Ocean Springs High School
  • Pascagoula High School
  • Potts Camp High School
  • Raymond High School

If you have any questions about the Jumpstart Test Prep programs, please email info@jumpstarttestprep.com.

Teacher Feedback

Helping Wonderful Teachers Achieve Excellent Outcomes

Jumpstart's comprehensive coverage of the ACT standards and its time restrained practice enables students to be more comfortable while sitting for the actual test. Also, since our ACT has gone digital, the JTP digital formatting truly simulates the actual test.

Andrew Huey
College & Career Readiness / Advanced Math Plus Teacher
Long Beach High School

Jumpstart was an incredible asset to me as an educator. The English portion of the ACT covers many grammar skills that have not been reviewed since middle school. Jumpstart provided by students with a comprehensive review of all the skills required to be successful on the ACT.

Anna Kate Robinson
Teacher
Nettleton High School

As a high school math teacher, I have been using JumpStart in all my classes since we incorporated it into our district curriculum at the beginning of this school year. With my class enrollment consisting of tenth and eleventh-grade geometry and algebra II students who will be taking their ACT very soon, I find the JumpStart program exceptionally productive as it covers a comprehensive range of ACT-related math videos and related problems. While the presenters, all of whom are high school math teachers, have varying presentation skills, all are very effective presenters, and most are exceptional! Many of my students who have taken the ACT this year have advised me that they saw similar to practically identical problems on their ACT math test that they had learned to work on in our daily JumpStart sessions.

Furthermore, when I recently experienced a logistical issue with administering JumpStart in my daily classes, I contacted and the situation was promptly resolved. So, not only is the JumpStart program outstanding, but the customer follow-up and responsiveness are equally stellar.

I strongly recommend JumpStart to schools interested in improving their ACT scores.

Tom Giles, EdD
Math Teacher
Wayne County High School

“After attending a Jumpstart presentation at a summer conference, our leadership team decided to purchase Jumpstart Test Prep for our upcoming ACT WorkKeys® test. Our students completed the seven day boot camp which intensely focused on each section of the test. The individualized remediation offered by the program was outstanding, and our students showed impressive gains in all three areas. The workbook provided to each student was also a tremendous benefit in their preparation. When all testing was completed, Jumpstart sent a detailed data report of student achievement. The Jumpstart program definitely prepared our students and helped us achieve an 84% pass rate! And this year or best to date - 94.44%! We were especially pleased with the number of our students who obtained gold and platinum levels.  Going forward we will continue to use Jumpstart and recommend it to other schools who administer the ACT Workkeys® test.”

Kelli Herrin
Career and Technical Education Director
Pearl River County CTE