Welcome Last spring, Michigan students in grades 3-8 took the M-STEP (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress) or the MME (Michigan Merit Exam) in grade 11. Based on calls and feedback received by the Michigan Department of for most Education (MDE), this year’s test administration went smoothly schools. of the access had to test results, We hope you’ve taken advantage you’ve your students’ preliminary which were available within 48 hours of test session completion. By having early access to results from computer-based test items, school leaders and teachers had the opportunity to get an early start on curriculum and instruction adaptations for the coming academic year. Prior to the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year, MDE will release the Spring 2017 state, district, and building M-STEP and MME results. This communications toolkit can assist you in your communications planning and implementation related to this release. This series of updated documents, recommendations, and resources can help schools lead healthy, and assessment constructive discussions around Michigan’s rigorous standards, assessments, results. I encourage you to customize the templates provided to tell your and the role district’s story that state assessment plays in ensuring that students in your district are prepared for the next steps in and their lives. their learning … Here in Michigan, we are taking significant steps to improve education quality and student performance. Our goal: to make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years. One strategy that will
Welcome Last spring, Michigan students in grades 3-8 took the M-STEP (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress) or the MME (Michigan Merit Exam) in grade 11. Based on calls and feedback received by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), this year’s test administration went smoothly for most schools. We hope you’ve taken advantage of the access you’ve had to your students’ preliminary test results, which were available within 48 hours of test session completion. By having early access to results from computer-based test items, school leaders and teachers had the opportunity to get an early start on curriculum and instruction adaptations for the coming academic year. Prior to the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year, MDE will release the Spring 2017 state, district, and building M-STEP and MME results. This communications toolkit can assist you in your communications planning and implementation related to this release. This series of updated documents, recommendations, and resources can help schools lead healthy, constructive discussions around Michigan’s rigorous standards, assessments, and assessment results. I encourage you to customize the templates provided to tell your district’s story and the role that state assessment plays in ensuring that students in your district are prepared for the next steps in their learning … and their lives. Here in Michigan, we are taking significant steps to improve education quality and student performance. Our goal: to make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years. One strategy that will