When are students tested? 1
4th grade
5th grade
7th grade
8th grade
11th grade
What subjects are tested? 1
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Science
What types of questions are used? 1
Multiple choice
Short written response
Extended written response
How are test results used? 1
Student awards or recognition
Curriculum planning
Improvement of instruction
Professional development
School accreditation
Michigan School Report
What tests are used? 1
Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP)
Are students with disabilities exempt?
2, 3
All students have the right to participate; no student may be denied
the opportunity to take tests.
Student / parent may opt for exemption.
What accommodations are available so
that students with disabilities can participate? 2
List of accommodations approved by state Department of Education (list
is not exhaustive).
MEAP provides Braille, large-print, and audio versions of current tests.
How are scores of students with disabilities
reported? 2
School, district, and statewide reports can separate ("disaggregate")
scores of students eligible for special education services through an IEP
and receiving less than 50% of reading / English instruction per week in
regular classrooms from scores of students without disabilities (administrator
decision).
Footnotes:
1 Source: PEER Project Survey to expand and update information from Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs: Data on 1995-96 Statewide Student Assessment Programs. (Fall 1996). Council of Chief State School Officers.
2 Source: PEER Project review of state policy documents. Documents provided by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). Information confirmed and updated by the PEER Project through direct communication with state officials.
3 NOTE: The IDEA Amendments of 1997 require that all students be included in statewide assessments.
Michigan Department of Education
Office of Special Education Services
608 W. Allegan Street, P.O. Box 30008
Lansing, MI 48909
517-373-9433
517-373-7504 Fax
www.mde.state.mi.us/off/sped/index.html
Contact: Dr. Jacquelyn Thompson, Acting
State Director
thompsonjj@state.mi.us
Peter Bunton, State Assessment Directory
517-373-8393, Fax: 517-335-1186
Michigan Parent Centers on Disability
UPBEATT
9950 Fielding
Detroit, MI 48228
313-837-1343
313-837-0358 Fax
Contact: Edith Sharp
CAUSE
3303 W. Saginaw, Suite F-1
Lansing, MI 48917-2303
517-886-9167 Voice & TDD
1-800-221-9105 in MI
517-886-9775 Fax
info_cause@voyager.net
Contact: Sue Pratt/Patrick Strong
Parents are Experts
23077 Greenfield Road, Suite 205
Southfield, MI 48075-3744
248-557-5070 Voice & TDD
248-557-4456 Fax
ucpdetroit@aol.com
Contact: Jessie Mullins