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Student Assessment Staff
 

Area 

Name

Email

Phone

 Director James H. Mason     jmason@mde.k12.ms.us
601-359-3052
 Assistant Director Walt Drane wdrane@mde.k12.ms.us 601-359-2111
 Contracts Jan Kirkland-Hogue     jkirkland@mde.k12.ms.us 
601-359-5115 
 Budget Verna Covington vcovington@mde.k12.ms.us    
601-359-2963 
 Admin Assistant     Trishon Wilson twilson@mde.k12.ms.us 
601-359-3768 
 Special Projects Averi Phillips-Powell aphillips@mde.k12.ms.us 
601-359-3052 

 

Program 

MDE Contact  

Vendor Contact

K-3 Universal Screener 
(CPAA) 
Jan Kirkland-Hogue
601-359-5115
jkirkland@mde.k12.ms.us

MCT2
(MS Curriculum Test) 
Kimberly Jones
601-359-5192
ksjones@mde.k12.ms.us 

Pearson
Jennifer Harrison, Project Coordinator
1-800-228-0752 ext. 5622
Jennifer.a.harrison@pearson.com
Mississippi Alternate
Assessment of Extended
Curriculum Framework
(MAAECF)
Gretchen Cagle
601-359-2135
gcagle@mde.k12.ms.u

Sharon Prestridge
601-359-1970
sprestridge@mde.k12.ms.us
 Measuered Progress
Amanda Breitmaier, Program
Manager
1-800-431-8901
603-743-9102 (x2251)
abreitmaier@measuredprogress.org
MST
(Mississippi Science Test, 
Grades 5/8) 

Jacqueline James
601-359-2122
jjames@mde.k12.ms.us 

Riverside Publishers
Wendy Konczal, Program Manager
1-800-767-8420  ext 7711
wendy.konczal@hmhpub.com
MWAP3 
(Mississippi Writing 
Assessment Program) 

Jacqueline James
601-359-2122
jjames@mde.k12.ms.us
NAEP  
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Leah Hannah
601-359-1244
lhannah@mde.k12.ms.us   
 
SATP2
(Subject Area Testing Program) 


Susan Cheshire
601-359-2649
scheshire@mde.k12.ms.us
Pearson Access/Test Nav
1-888-705-9412
Customer Service Thurs:6am -7:30pm
Special Populations
ACCESS for ELLs®
(ELL) 

Sharon Prestridge
601- 359-1970
sprestridge@mde.k12.ms.us 
MetriTech, Inc (ELL)
Susan Feldman, Vice President
217-398-4868
sfeldman@metritech.com 
Test Security (Caveon; FLE) 

Lionel Knight
601-359-3497
lknight@mde.k12.ms.us 

 
Office of Student Assessment     P.O. Box 771     Jackson, MS 39205-0771     Phone: (601) 359-3052     Fax: (601) 359-2471
 

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