14 Jun 2023
In an interview with Education Week in the US (5 June 2023), Lee Childress, Superintendent of Corinth School District, Mississippi, explains why the district chose to make Cambridge ‘its one and only high school test’.
Until recently students in the district had to take Mississippi’s state assessments, as well as Cambridge exams. In the article, Lee Childress describes how the district gained approval from the US Department of Education to use Cambridge IGCSE in place of state tests, and how its benefitting students.
“What we’ve shown is all students can be successful in this [Cambridge] program,” Childress says.
Read the Education Week article.
Read more about the US Department of Education decision on our website.