Monday, February 11, 2013
However, the district's performance compared to its own 2011 results was not uniform, with some improvements and some declines.
Youngsters in the Saline Area Schools district performed better in all subject areas and at all grade levels than students statewide, according to the 2012 Michigan Educational Assessment Program results released Monday. However, the district's performance compared to its own 2011 results was not uniform, with some improvements and some declines (see chart, below). Public school students in grades three through nine were tested in math, reading, writing, social studies and/or science depending on the grade level during the MEAP exam taken during the fall. Michigan students showed improvement in reading, math and writing in 2012, with the improvement seen in all grades and most demographic groups. Across Michigan, students made the biggest …
Check back with Saline Patch after 10 a.m. Monday for a look at how students fared on their fall 2012 Michigan Education Assessment Program exams.
Results from the fall 2012 Michigan Education Assessment Program will be released Monday morning for students in the Saline Area Schools district and all public schools across the state. The results were scheduled to be released at 10 a.m. The Michigan Education Assessment Program exam assesses students in grades three through nine. The annual test is designed to show students' proficiency in career- and college-ready materials. The MEAP is administered by the Department of Education, which is releasing the data Monday. The MEAP as a standard of measuring student achievement is on its way out; beginning in the 2014-15 school year, students will be given an online exam to test their knowledge of core subjects. (Read: Michigan Department of …
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Changes will take place during the 2014-2015 school year.
Paper and pencil for statewide tests will soon be a thing of the past for Michigan students as they prepare to take a new online assessment detailed during a roundtable Monday by the Michigan Department of Education. The exam will replace the standardized MEAP and MME assessments in math, reading and writing, beginning during the 2014-2015 school year. The MEAP and MME assessments will still be given in science and social studies. But unlike the tests students are used to, the new statewide exam will not have a common set of questions. Subsequent questions will be determined based on how a student answers the previous one. A correct answer yields a harder one. An incorrect responce yields an easier question. The goal is to have students …
The new online assessment will replace the MEAP and MME tests in math, reading and writing beginning during the 2014-15 school year.
Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, students throughout Michigan will be given an online exam to test their knowledge of core subjects. The test replaces the Michigan Merit Exam (MME) and the Michigan Educational Assessment Progam (MEAP) in all subjects except social science and science. Called Smarter Balanced, the exam was produced by The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, a state-led effort to provide consistent and comparable standards, aligned to the Common Core State Standards, in English language arts, literacy and mathematics. Smarter Balanced recently released a Technology Readiness Tool for districts to measure readiness to move to an online assessment program. Martineau said only about 6 percent of districts have taken …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Though Saline students bested state and county proficiency standards, scores were down because of new, tougher standards.
Saline Area Schools bested state and county averages in the 2011 MEAP results released this week by the Michigan Department of Education. In every subject and every grade, Saline students were more likely to be "proficient" than their counterparts in Washtenaw County and Michigan. But the 90-plus percent scores to which Saline parents have become accustomed are a thing of the past. This past year, the state adopted new "cut scores" for the MEAP. With these more rigorous cut scores, students need to get roughly 65 percent of the answers correct to pass the state test, instead of the 39 percent that was the previous benchmark. According to the state, the new cut scores better reflect how well schools are preparing students for success at the…
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Saline Area Schools provides parents with a few tips to help students perform well on the assessment tests.
It's testing time again. Students at Saline Area Schools begin taking the Michigan Educational Assessment Program tests on Tuesday. Wednesday is Saline High School Assessment Day. This year, Michigan has raised its MEAP cut scores in an effort to provide a more honest account of student proficiency as it relates to career and college readiness, according to Steve Laatsch, Saline Assististant Superintendent for Instructional Services. Here is the schedule for the MEAP testing. Wednesday is Saline High School assessment day. The senior class has the day off to visit colleges and conduct other tasks relating to their future plans. The junior class will take the retired ACT test. The sophomore and freshman class will take the PLAN test, …
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Sarah O'Brien
12:14 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
It would be great if the district actually used the scores to improve education, but they don't seem to. Everyone seems content with the status quo of overtesting. Our students are not learning better or given more enrichment. It is test after test. more ›