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Michigan Merit Examination (MME) Overview. Michigan Department of Education Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability Pat King Specialist – MME Administration and Reporting. MME Overview. What is the MME? Design of the MME What’s New for Spring 2009? CTE Reports
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Michigan Merit Examination (MME) Overview Michigan Department of Education Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability Pat King Specialist – MME Administration and Reporting
MME Overview • What is the MME? • Design of the MME • What’s New for Spring 2009? • CTE Reports • National Career Readiness Certification (NCRC)
What is the MME? • State high school assessment • State of Michigan legislative requirement • Revised School Code • State School Aid Act • Grade 11 • March 1 – June 1
Design of the MME Must contain all of the following: • College entrance or placement exam with a writing component • Work skills assessments • Reading and Mathematics • Eligibility for Employment Certification
Design of the MME • Social Studies component • Any component necessary to meet federal requirements • NCLB • US Department of Education approval
Design of the MME • MME Day 1 – ACT Plus Writing • MME Day 2 – WorkKeys • Reading for Information • Applied Mathematics • Locating Information (new Spring 2009)
Design of the MME • MME Day 3 – Michigan components • Mathematics • Science • Social Studies • Alignment to HS Standards and Content Expectations
Design of the MME • Three components administered over three days • Student must take complete MME to receive valid MME scores in each subject and to count as tested
Design of the MME • MME subject scores • derived from items from two or more components administered over multiple days • Only selected items from ACT and WorkKeys components count toward MME subject score • improve balance and alignment to HS content expectations
CTE Score Reports • Paper Reports • Distributed to CTE centers • Individual Student Reports • Student Roster • By subject • All students within the same code
Design of MME • Provides Student: • Free national college entrance test • Free national workforce readiness evaluation • Michigan Promise eligibility • (up to $4000)
National Career Readiness Certification • Based on three WorkKeys assessments • Reading for Information • Applied Mathematics • Locating Information • MME Day 2 • WorkKeys score range = 3 through 7
National Career Readiness Certification • Three levels of distinction • Gold • Minimum score of 5 on all three tests • Silver • Minimum score of 4 on all three tests • Bronze • Minimum score of 3 on all three tests
National Career Readiness Certification • Individual Student Option - No fee • Register online www.myworkkeys.com • Name and student ID number as printed on WorkKeys score report – gridded on Day 2 answer document • Obtain verifiable certificate number that employers can access • No paper copy (paper copy may be purchased for $15)
National Career Readiness Certification • School Option – data file • Purchase WorkKeys data file • Contains certificate number, log-in, and password for each NCRC eligible student • $250 per school plus $2.50 per each student
National Career Readiness Certification • School Option – paper copy • School receives paper NCRC for each eligible student in addition to the data file • Mailed to school approximately 30 days after qualifying scores are received in ACT data warehouse • $250 per school plus $5.00 per each eligible student
National Career Readiness Certification • School Option – Note Schools registered to provide certificates to Grade 12 students taking the Locating Information this year (not part of MME) will not have to pay additional $250 activation fee to provide certificates to students in Grade 11
NCRC Eligibility • Student who takes translated version of WorkKeys tests is not eligible for NCRC • Audio translation (Spanish or Arabic) • Reader script translated into student’s native language
Additional Information • www.michigan.gov/mme • www.act.org/workkeys • mme listserv • Questions? Email mme@michigan.gov Phone 877-560-8378 (toll free)
Contact Information Pat King Specialist – MME Administration and Reporting Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability Michigan Department of Education PO Box 30008 Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 335-6780 kingp@michigan.gov