Monday, February 11, 2013
Trenton and Grosse Ile students score above state averages. Overall, most scores are up from the 2011 test.
The annual MEAP results, released Monday morning, showed academic improvement in most areas for Trenton and Grosse Ile students in the last year. The results show Trenton and Grosse Ile students maintaining a higher level of proficiency in every grade level and every subject than the state average. The 2012 Michigan Educational Assessment Program measures progress in subjects such as math, reading, writing, science and social studies for third through ninth-graders. In the data released publicly Monday, 47.8 percent of Trenton sixth-grade students were ranked proficient in math - meaning they met or exceeded state standards - versus 30.1 percent in 2011. Sixth-grade students on Grosse Ile also showed an increase in proficiency in math with…
Check back with Trenton-Grosse Ile Patch at 10 a.m. Monday for a look at how students fared on their Fall 2012 Michigan Education Assessment Program exams.
Michigan students' MEAP results will be released Monday morning for Trenton and Grosse Ile students, and in 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 3 through 9: 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 on 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: Just the Facts: New Test to Replace MEAP.) Check back with Trenton-…
Monday, January 14, 2013
A recent bond has allowed Trenton officials to update technology standards at Trenton Public Schools to accommodate state required computer-based assessments for the 2014-15 school year.
Forget Scantrons and No. 2 pencils. Standardized testing will look very different for the Michigan students of 2014 and beyond. That’s because the Michigan Department of Education is replacing the traditional, standardized Michigan Education Assessment Program, or MEAP, exams with new, electronic assessments that will assess students in math, reading and writing. And the change, likely, won't cost Trenton Public Schools much money to implement due to recent bond money used to update technology standards at district buildings. Ann Deneroff, curriculum director at Trenton Public Schools, said she believes the district is ready to begin testing today. "If we had to do it (begin online testing) tomorrow, we could do it," Deneroff said. "We are…
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The House of Representatives is taking a proactive approach in preparing school districts for facing online assessments beginning the 2014-2015 school year.
As Trenton Schools and others throughout the state prepare for major changes to the way students are assessed on statewide exams, one of the issues officials are considering is how they will pay for the necessary technology needed to administer the online tests. State Rep. Bill Rogers, R-Brighton, is hoping to help. He wants to help districts pay for the technology by offering state-sponsored technology grants. The sticking point, though, is that the money - $75 million - that he's targeting is already budgeted in Gov. Rick Snyder's proposal for an incentive program that would reward districts based on how well students score on the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP). Rogers said that plan makes little sense because of two …
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 …
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4:43 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
There is much to say about standardized testing, no doubt "high stakes" says it all. I don't like so much of it. The trouble is that when the republican legislature refuses to equip our public schools and/or refuses to increase fund allowances, (yes, they think actually we'll have to lose $150 per kid this year) who will pay for these computers really, in truly? My son can't bring an ipad to … more ›