The State Board of Education (SBE) today adopted more rigorous standards for scores on the statewide achievement tests—the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) and the Michigan Merit Exam (MME).
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The State Board of Education (SBE) and the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) are moving forward with the improvement of cut scores to the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) and Michigan Merit Exam (MME). Local districts should understand the purpose behind this forward shift and how the benefits can be explained to their communities.
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The Library of Michigan is pleased to announce Memoirs of a Goldfish by Michigan author Devin Scillian and illustrated by Tim Bowers (Sleeping Bear Press, 2010) is the featured title for the 2011 "Michigan Reads! One State, One Children's Book" program.
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The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) announced today that 98 schools have been identified as Persistently Lowest Achieving (PLA) Schools. Schools placed on the PLA list are required to develop and implement Redesign Plans approved by the State School Reform Office in the MDE.
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The Michigan Department of Education will release the list of Michigan's Persistently Lowest Achieving (PLA) Schools on Friday, August 26, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.
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Michigan Center for the Book recently announced Gary Schmidt, author of award-winning and critically-acclaimed children and young adult fiction, as the winner of the 2011 Michigan Author Award.
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Even though state test scores have been on the rise, higher proficiency targets required to meet the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act resulted in fewer schools making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) this year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.
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