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National Career Readiness Certification and MME

National Career Readiness Certification and MME. Emily Taylor Analyst, Administration and Reporting Office of Educational Assessment & Accountability Michigan Department of Education Ingham ISD Professional Learning Community Summit April 1, 2009. Today’s Agenda.

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National Career Readiness Certification and MME

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  1. National Career ReadinessCertification and MME Emily Taylor Analyst, Administration and Reporting Office of Educational Assessment & Accountability Michigan Department of Education Ingham ISD Professional Learning Community Summit April 1, 2009 1

  2. Today’s Agenda • Why restructure the MME to provide for NCRC eligibility? • How was the MME restructured to accomplish this? • How to access career readiness certification information 2

  3. Why? • Ability to quantify the skills of our students and see how they line up with job profiles. • Assessment will identify skill gaps and provide the opportunity for remediation. • Employers will have certification of applicant or employee skill levels. • Individual certification holders will have proof of their ability to apply knowledge to work and future educational endeavors. 3

  4. Restructuring the MME to include tests for the NCRC • Added WorkKeys™ Locating Information • Does this mean a longer MME? • No! • Does WorkKeys LI count for MME? • Yes! 4

  5. Spring 2009 MME Day 1 • ACT Plus Writing • No changes 5

  6. Spring 2009 MME Day 2 • Added the WorkKeys™ Locating Information test • Day 2 is now WorkKeys only • Three 45 minute tests • Student eligibility for the National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) 6

  7. Spring 2009 MME Day 3 • All Michigan components will be administered on Day 3 • Mathematics • Science • Social Studies 7

  8. MME Score Components 8

  9. Accessing Student Scores • How will schools know if students are eligible for the NCRC certificate? • WorkKeys School Reports • MME Reports (MAYBE!) • MME Student Datafile (MAYBE!) • RegiSTAR™ from ACT 9

  10. Accessing Student Certification • MyWorkKeys (www.myworkkeys.com) • Students • share certificate information with employers FREE! • order National Career Readiness Certificate for $15! • Employers • validate National Career Readiness Certificates • School Purchase • RegiSTAR™ from ACT 10

  11. Resources • MME Website www.michigan.gov.mme • Spring 2009 MME Assessment Design and Contributing Components • WorkKeys (MME Day 2) Administration Manual • Preparing for the WorkKeys Assessments • ACT www.act.org/workkeys/ • NCRC www.myworkkeys.com 11

  12. Presenter Contact Emily Taylor Analyst, Administration and Reporting Office of Educational Assessment & Accountability Michigan Department of Education Email: TaylorE1@michigan.gov OEAA: 877-560-8378 12

  13. Further Questions? Jim Griffiths Manager, Administration and Reporting Office of Educational Assessment & Accountability Michigan Department of Education Ingham ISD Professional Learning Community Summit April 1, 2009 13

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