Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The head of the Michigan Department of Education says higher salaries for teachers is what the state needs to attract better qualified math and science teachers.
If you want better qualified math and science teachers, you have to pay them more. That's was the recent message from state Superintendent Mike Flanagan, who heads up the Michigan Department of Education (MDE). Flanagan spoke to an assembly of scientists at Michigan State Monday, noting that the state needs more math and science teachers. However, according to Flanagan, most scientists and mathematicians don't consider teaching in public schools to be a viable career option. "We can do all we want with content standards, but the elephant in the room is that it won't do much good if we don't have enough math and science teachers in our schools," Flanagan said, according to a press release from the state. So how much do Flanagan think …
Thursday, June 28, 2012
The 2012 scores dropped noticeably compared to last year's averages due to new scoring standards put in place by the Michigan Department of Education last year.
Some of the Birmingham scores from the 2012 Michigan Merit Exam (MME) may have taken a hit under new state scoring standards, but the district's 2012 scores, released Thursday, continue to outstrip state averages. The MME, according to the Michigan Department of Education, assesses students in the eleventh grade based on Michigan high school standards. The test includes the ACT Plus Writing college entrance examination, along with other state proficiency tests. Student performance falls into one of four categories: advanced, proficient, partially proficient and not proficient. Students must score either "proficient" or "advanced" to be considered proficient in that subject. In Birmingham and across Michigan, students' scores took a hit in …
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The Michigan Department of Education will release test scores for the Michigan Merit Exam and the ACT college entrance exams today for Birmingham Public Schools.
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 Birmingham Patch later today to find out how Birmingham Public Schools fared. Last year, scores on the MMEs, increased slightly in Birmingham, while the district still scored higher than the Michigan average. The 2012 tests were adminstered in the spring. Parents should be receiving individual students' results soon.
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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 …
Saturday, November 12, 2011
The Birmingham Covington School is recognized for out-performing other Michigan schools with similar risk factors.
The Michigan Department of Education today released a list of 123 Michigan schools that are "Beating the Odds" by outperforming schools with similar risk factors and demographic composition based on two separate studies. On the list from the Birmingham Public Schools district is the Birmingham Covington School, a 3-8 districtwide school noted for its rigorous academic curriculum. "We have good things happening in Michigan schools," State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan said in a recent press release. "These Beating the Odds schools are helping students make progress and finding ways to overcome traditional barriers to academic achievement." The MDE used two distinct studies to identify the schools. The first study …
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Laura Houser
10:07 am on Saturday, February 2, 2013
Hi everyone. I will be turning off comments on this story as the discussion has gone beyond the subject of the article — Mike Flanagan's statement that Michigan teachers should make $100,000 a year. Thank you for your discussion and engagement. If you would like address any issues pertaining to Birmingham or Birmingham Public Schools, you can submit a Letter to the Editor anytime by emailing me … more ›