The Detroit Free Press (10/15, Higgins) reports that under changes being considered by the Michigan Department of Education, "schools that succeed in helping poor-performing students improve academic achievement could soon get a break from the state," noting that the change to the state accountability system would "allow students who fail the MEAP - but whose scores show significant improvement - to be considered proficient on the exam. The change would mean some schools could get a better rating from the state when it introduces a new color-coded accountability system next year."
The AP (10/16) reports that Joseph Martineau, head of the state DOE's Bureau of Assessment and Accountability, said that "a change is needed to both acknowledge the difficulty in helping students who are the furthest behind and to give schools more credit for doing that successfully." The AP quotes him saying, "Because we set the bar high, it is even more important now to be able to give credit for students making progress. A significant amount of them are below the bar at this point." The AP adds that ED would have to approve the changes.
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