- Posted January 16, 2012
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Michigan to offer free tests to school districts
LANSING (AP) -- The Michigan Department of Education is offering a new, voluntary tool for school districts to gauge whether students are on track for college and careers.
The department is funding a two-year pilot project that will offer free tests to school districts. The assessments are geared to eighth and 10th graders.
The tests align to the ACT college entrance exam component of the Michigan Merit Exam.
The pilot program is voluntary. The scores from the pilot tests can't be used for federal or state accountability or ranking purposes. But they could provide information for schools to monitor how much progress their students are making toward preparing for college and careers.
The education department will provide details about how schools can participate this month.
Published: Mon, Jan 16, 2012
headlines Oakland County
- Annual Dinner & Meeting
- FORCE Team arrests six in prolific auto theft ring
- Michigan allocates $12 million to support community-based organizations in advancing environmental and climate justice
- Oakland County and SMART launch pilot program providing free transit for veterans and dependents
- Supreme Court sides with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
headlines National
- More lawyers—and clients—want to learn about sustainable development practices
- Top artificial intelligence insurance tips for lawyers
- Lawyer charged with illegally transmitting Michigan data after 2020 election
- Viral video shows former Rikers Island inmate as she learns she passed bar exam on first try
- How Sullivan & Cromwell is scrutinizing potential new hires after campus protests
- No separate hearing required when police seize cars loaned to drivers accused of drug crimes, SCOTUS rules