ted to know and be able to do at the end of each grade. The new annual
MEAP (Michigan Education Assessment Program) will be aligned to the GLCE. Download a copy of the new grade level content expectations and Michigan
curriculum framework for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, as well as teacher professional development materials, a parent guide, a list of frequently
asked questions, and other resources.
Spring High School
MEAP Test Dates Set for Academic Year 2004-2005 -
MEAP has identified the testing dates for this year that are
consistent with the new state law and NCLB. Spring high school testing dates
for the current academic year are broken into three cycles in order to give
schools more flexibility for test administration.
High School MEAP
Test Scored Improve Across-The-Board -
State assessment scores for the Michigan high school Class of 2004 improved
across-the-board. The numbers of 2004 graduates who met or exceeded state
standards for the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) high school
test increased in all five testing areas: Reading, Mathematics, Science,
Writing, and Social Studies.
MEAP Results Are Promising - Most high
school students in Michigan know their reading, but they're shaky when it
comes to writing and math. That's what scores from the Michigan Educational
Assessment Program released Thursday indicate. Students were tested in
reading, writing, math, science and social studies.
MEAP Scores Moving Up? -
Recently released results show focus on reading is paying off.
The recent release of MEAP scores should leave minority
students, their parents and teachers, smiling. The gap between
achievement levels of white and non-white children is
shrinking statewide -- in some cases, dramatically.
Roeber Eyes Faster MEAP
Scores - Ed Roeber is now through the first full testing cycle in his
second stint as director of the Michigan Educational Assessment program, and his
work so far has drawn commendation from some of the most strident opponents of
the state's testing program. But if the stock market had not performed so poorly
the last several years, he might have remained in his private sector post.
MEAP Scores Show
Proficiency Gains - Elementary and middle school
students improved proficiency in nearly all subjects tested by
the Michigan Educational Assessment Program, according to
reports from the Department of Education. The results Tuesday
were hailed not only for the improvements in scores, but also
for improvements in timing after lengthy delays in last year's
High Schoolers' Apathy Could Help Kill MEAP -
When some students at Lake Shore High School in St. Clair Shores intentionally
blew the MEAP test last week, they unwittingly helped fuel a debate about
dumping the high school exam. Now, about seven seniors - who had already taken
the test in 2003 - face a 3-hour detention and must write a statement on why the
MEAP is important. Some still aren't convinced it is.
Michigan State Board
of Education Pushes MEAP Participation - The Department of
Education has taken steps to ensure the delays and lost answer sheets
of last year's Michigan Educational Assessment Program tests do no
recur, but the State Board of Education said Tuesday that schools now
need to work on getting students to take the test.
MEAP In High Schools - The controversial MEAP exam may be headed for the
scrap heap with the introduction of legislation next week to replace it with a
High School MEAP
Results Not Pretty - Maybe Michigan's public high schools would
have preferred the Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP) test
results for public high schools had stayed lost. The data that was
released was not flattering.
Head MEAP Effort - Edward Roeber has been named director of the
Michigan Educational Assessment Program office in the Department of
Education, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Watkins said
MI Schools in
Focus: Meap Test Primer - It's
considered one of the single biggest barometers of how schools and
students across Michigan are performing: the MEAP test. But as parents
across Michigan 