Thursday, June 28, 2012
Students at Lakeview, Lake Shore and South Lake saw increases in many subjects in the MME and ACT tests in 2012.
High school students in St. Clair Shores showed improvements in many categories in the 2011-12 school year, according to a report released by the Michigan Department of Education this morning. The test, taken each spring by high school juniors, showed increases in the number of students who were considered proficient in math and writing in all three districts. South Lake, which saw numbers drop in every category in 2011, saw increases in every category this year. Students also took the ACT. Both Lake Shore and Lakeview nearly matched the state average of 19.6 out of a possible 36. “Lakeview Public Schools, like most in Michigan, have focused our efforts on improving student achievement at all levels through targeted interventions and …
The Michigan Department of Education will release test scores for the Michigan Merit Exam and the ACT college entrance exams today for Lakeview, Lake Shore and South Lake.
The Michigan Department of Education will release test scores for the Michigan Merit Exam and the ACT college entrance exams today. The results will be released at 10 a.m. Check back with Patch.com later today to find out how Lakeview, Lake Shore and South Lake fared. Last year, Lakeview and Lake Shore 11th-graders performed better than the statewide average in social studies and were near their peers in reading, math and social studies according to results released by the Michigan Department of Education. The 2012 tests were administered in the spring. Parents should be receiving individual students' results soon.
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 …
Monday, February 13, 2012
South Lake High School recently held a motivational pep rally for students who will take the ACT practice Tuesday. Additionally, a Patch blogger shares her tips for ACT success for all students.
In the coming weeks, juniors across St. Clair Shores will be taking the ACT, WorkKeys and Michigan Merit Exam in their high schools. The tests, which are required by the state, measure the students achievement in relation to Michigan high school standards. Across St. Clair Shores, and throughout the county, a variety of test preparation classes and events have been held. At South Lake, sutdents heard Friday from alumni about the importance of the tests, tips for taking the test and team-building events, during the "Bring It! for the MME/ACT" event. For the students taking the practice test Tuesday, or in March, Patch blogger Kim Lofton shares last-minute tricks to ace the ACT: Tip 1: Understand the exam: The ACT essay test requires you to …
Matthew Reading
5:45 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012
Keep it up South Lake! more ›