Thursday, June 28, 2012
Utica Community Schools, the state's second largest district, has scored higher than the state average on the 2012 ACTs and the Michigan Merit Exam.
Utica scored above the state average in every subject on the Michigan Merit Exams in 2012, exceeding the state's average scores. When compared to other schools in the Macomb Intermediate Schools, UCS also boasted a higher percentage of students to have passed the exam in all subject areas, with a writing average by as much as 8 percentage points. However, the number of students actually passing the exam suggests there is much work to be done, according to a report released by the Michigan Department of Education this morning. The MDE adopted a tougher standard for passing the MME this year to better represent the number of students who are college-ready. Students had to score higher on the tests to receive a passing, or "proficient", score…
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, August 15, 2011
Utica Community Schools high schools meet federal academic goals, but several high schools see a drop in Michigan's accreditation scores.
All of Utica Community Schools' traditional K-12 schools have met their No Child Left Behind Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) reports, despite a drop in statewide scores, but some schools have seen a drop in Michigan accreditation ratings. “We are extremely pleased with all our traditional schools achieving AYP progress and earning strong grades this year. It’s a reflection of our talented staff members and their commitment to working with parents to drive student achievement,” said Utica Community Schools Superintendent Christine Johns. Both of Utica’s alternative schools, AdvancePath and the Utica Learning Center, did not meet AYP provisions. Even though all traditional UCS schools made the AYP, two high schools, Utica and Stevenson, and …
Sarah O'Brien
12:14 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
It would be great if the district actually used the scores to improve education, but they don't seem to. Everyone seems content with the status quo of overtesting. Our students are not learning better or given more enrichment. It is test after test. more ›