LANSING, Mich. – Michigan students were less proficient in reading and more proficient in math and social studies in the latest round of statewide standardized tests.
M-STEP results were released Tuesday by the state Department of Education.
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They show that English language arts scores worsened in four of the five grades in which students were tested last spring. Math scores improved in four of the five grades from the year before.
State Superintendent Brian Whiston says the math and science results are "exciting" while the reading scores are "disappointing." He says Michigan's initiative to target early literacy should lead to better reading results as it is fully implemented.
Whiston is currently working to establish a new state testing system - one that takes less time and benchmarks progress throughout the academic year.
More in-depth data is available here.
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The Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) is Michigan’s assessment system consisting of summative assessments designed to measure student growth effectively for today’s students. MDE began using the M-STEP assessment during the 2014-15 school year. Students are assessed in the spring on the current year’s expectations. English language arts and mathematics are assessed in grades three through eight, science in grades four and seven, and social studies in grades five and eight. It also includes M-STEP summative assessments in science and social studies from the Michigan Merit Examination in 11th grade.