Birmingham MEAP Results To Be Released Today
Check back with Birmingham Patch at 10 a.m. Monday for a look at how students fared on their Fall 2012 Michigan Education Assessment Program exams.
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Michigan students' MEAP results will be released Monday morning for students in Birmingham and in all public schools across the state.
The results were scheduled to be released at 10 a.m.
The Michigan Education Assessment Program exam assesses students in grades 3 through 9:
- Reading and math are tested in grades 3 through 8;
- Writing is tested in grades 4 and 7
- Science is tested in grades 5 and 8;
- Social studies is tested in grades 6 and 9.
The annual test is designed to show students' proficiency in career- and college-ready materials. The MEAP is administered by the Department of Education, which is releasing the data on Monday.
The MEAP as a standard of measuring student achievement is on its way out; beginning in the 2014-15 school year, students will be given an online exam to test their knowledge of core subjects. (Read: Just the Facts: New Test to Replace MEAP.)
Last year was the first year Birmingham students had the chance to the take the MEAP using a new set of cut scores — scores that define the define the cut-off point for the various levels of proficiency on MEAP test: advanced, proficient, partially proficient and not proficient.
Compared to 2010's MEAP scores — adjusted for the new cut scores — 2011 was a year of small changes, with the percentage of students scoring as proficient growing in some subjects while taking a small hit in others. Still, Birmingham students continued to outperform statewide averages.
For a look at how your child's school fared on the 2011 MEAP scores, visit 2011 MEAP Scores: A School-by-School Breakdown.
Check back with Birmingham Patch after 10 a.m. today, when the scores are officially released.
Jimmy Jankerfish
5:57 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
I hear in Birhmnham (I'm from Royal oak) when the kids get low mEAP scores that the teachers have to decide on what kids to throw out of schools for the poor scores. Is this true? If so that's outrageous. Soon many of the youth in Birhmnham now have came on hard times and I feel for them. I seen last week when I was driving past the high school in Birmnham, 5 children with their hands in the sleeves of their Northface jackets. I stop and asked what happened to their gloves? One of the students informed me that he had to sell their gloves to pay for the new pair of Jordan's he wanted. He said he would not be known as the kid in last years Jordan's, and who could blame him?
Please someone help out these childre before we lose them to Downriver. God Bless
Sarah O'Brien
11:00 am on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
This is true, some MEAP scores are thrown out. But this is the same in every district.. What is also true is that some students are now being pushed to take the MEAP Access, which is shorter and is not reported in the MEAP scores.