Wednesday, February 15, 2012
But the district's students outperformed state averages under tougher standards.
There's good news and bad news forFarmington Public Schools in the 2011 Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) proficiency scores, released Wednesday morning. While local students outpaced state averages at every grade level and in every subject area, year-to-year proficiency rates show declines across all grade levels. All of the results reflect new "cut scores" — the passing scores that distinguish between whether a student is advanced, proficient, partially proficient or not proficient in certain subjects — adopted by the State Board of Education in September. With the more rigorous cut scores, students need to get roughly 65 percent of the answers correct to be judged proficient, instead of the previous benchmark of only 39 …
Test scores sent home this week reflect new standards that may leave students wondering what they did wrong.
As Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) scores are released this week, Farmington Public Schools Supt. Susan Zurvalec sent out a list serv message warning parents that new state standards may affect their childrens' results. Michigan is only the third state in the country to move to more rigorous scoring, which was approved by the state School Board in September of 2011. As a result fewer students are being judged proficient in areas tested, including math, reading, writing, science and social studies. "In thinking about these changes, I want our students to understand that they have done nothing 'wrong.'," Zurvalec wrote in a note to parents sent Tuesday afternoon. "Please assure your child(ren) that MEAP/MME testing is one …
Monday, January 2, 2012
In 2011, the district struggled with the demolition of four buildings, a lawsuit, tense union negotiations and tougher academic standards.
It seemed like the hits just kept on coming for Farmington Public Schools in 2011. From a controversial building sale to unsettling news about academic performance under new state standards, officials often faced angry parents at board meetings. But the district also celebrated some significant milestones. Here are a few of the year's biggest stories: A controversial vote in January authorized the solicitation of bids for the demolition of elementary buildings closed in 2010, and Fairview Early Childhood Center, closed in 2006. Wooddale, Flanders and William Grace Elementary and Fairview Early Childhood Center were eventually leveled, but officials in January received an offer for Eagle Elementary, from the Islamic Cultural Association (…
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Friday, November 18, 2011
The district is looking at 'a different way of teaching' in light of tougher passing requirements on statewide tests.
A look at how Farmington Public Schools students would perform under new "cut", or passing, scores on standardized tests have officials looking at different ways to teach a new generation of learners. Kristin Gekiere, the district's director of assessment and school improvement, said Michigan is only the third state in the country to move to more rigorous scoring, which was approved by the state School Board in September. The cut scores – the passing scores that distinguish between whether a student is advanced, proficient, partially proficient or not proficient in certain subjects - require students to get roughly 65 percent of the answers correct to “pass” the state test, instead of only 39 percent, which was the previous benchmark. …
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Monday, November 7, 2011
The state Department of Education looks at recent results under next year's 'cut' scores.
The Michigan Department of Education has released what it calls a “retrospective look” at how students would have fared on past MEAP and MME exams if new cut scores were in place. Overall, the results show a major decline in student test scores across the state in math, reading, science and social science. In third-grade math, for instance, scores in 2010, go from 95 percent proficient to 35 percent when measured against the new cut scores. In 11 of 23 scores, Farmington Public Schools students either hold their own or drop by fewer than 20 points under the new standard. These scores take drops of more than 30 points: MME Math: 63 percent to 37.3 percent MME Social Studies: 83 percent to 33 percent MEAP Gr. 3 Math: 97.7 percent to 52.8 …
Friday, November 4, 2011
A look at recent MEAP and MME scores by West Bloomfield students under the state's new cut scores show a drop in the percentage deemed "proficient."
The Michigan Department of Education on Thursday released what it calls a “retrospective look” at how students would have fared on past MEAP and MME exams if recently adopted scoring standards had been in place — and the West Bloomfield School District's test scores did not escape a statewide decline in proficiency levels. The new standards, adopted by the State Board of Education in September, changed state cut scores — the scores used by schools to determine whether a student is advanced, proficient, partially proficient or not proficient in certain subjects. Overall, the results released Thursday show a major decline in student test scores on the Michigan Merit Exam (MME) and the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) in math, …
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Joni Hubred-Golden
7:52 pm on Friday, February 17, 2012
S, what do you mean by the district deciding that American government is unnecessary? I keep hearing that, but I'm not seeing that it has been dropped from the curriculum. more ›