Equity-Driven • Data-Centered • Student-Focused Stay informed on the latest news and information on education in Michigan. Proposed law largely removes data from educator feedbackMichigan lawmakers recently began to consider a proposal to significantly reduce the use of data in educator feedback. The proposal, House Bill 5707 (Miller, R), would relegate student improvement data from the state to as little as 12.5 percent of an educator's… Thank you for the opportunity to speak this morning about education evaluations in Michigan. I am Brian Gutman, the Director of External Relations at The Education Trust-Midwest. We are a data-driven, education research, information and advocacy organization committed to improving the quality of public education in Michigan and closing… Back to School As Michigan students, teachers and administrators head back to school we wish everyone a very successful school year!Equity and Transparency: Critical Focus Areas for MichiganEarlier this week, the Michigan Department of Education released the results from the Michigan Student Test of Education Progress (M-STEP) – the… Michigan’s Early Literacy Investments are Not Closing the Achievement Gap The Achievement Gap in Grade 8 Math Persists Statewide Proficiency Rates Low Across the Board in Michigan New state assessment data reinforces challenges and opportunities for state’s students and educational improvement efforts ROYAL OAK, Mich. (Aug. 29, 2018) – Today a new release of state education data highlights critical challenges and opportunities for Michigan’s educational improvement efforts. The Michigan Department of Education’s release of the 2018… Over the course of the summer, updates from The Education Trust-Midwest will be distributed on the first Tuesday of each month.Weekly updates will resume on September 4, 2018.Today is state primary dayThe polls are open!Today is Michigan's 2018 primary election day and the polls are open until 8:00 p.m.… Ed Trust-Midwest joins business, education, philanthropic and other organizations to deepen collective P-12 effortsRoyal Oak, Mich. (June 20, 2018) – Today, the Education Trust-Midwest joins with more than a dozen other organizations to announce a new initiative and partnership, called Launch Michigan, that will deepen work advocating for improved student… Mackinac Policy Conference Education HighlightsLast week, leaders from Southeast Michigan and across the state joined together on Mackinac Island for the annual Mackinac Policy Conference hosted by the Detroit Regional Chamber. Talent and preparedness took center stage as speakers and panelists addressed the conference pillar, 'Is Michigan Prepared.' Highlights… EdTrust CEO to Address Mackinac Policy Conference on ThursdayFormer U.S. Secretary of Education and Education Trust CEO John B. King, Jr, will address the 2018 Mackinac Policy Conference on Thursday at 2:45 PM. Secretary King will deliver his keynote address on the topic of: "Is Michigan Prepared."The Detroit Regional… As education results in Michigan slip, stakeholders mobilizeThe following excerpt is from a May 13 article by Nick Manes in MiBiz. The full article is available here.Michigan’s beleaguered K-12 public education system continues to take a beating from the state’s business groups.A March study released by Business Leaders for Michigan, the… Passing of State Superintendent WhistonEarlier this morning, the Michigan Department of Education issued a statement noting the passing of State Superintendent Brian Whiston. The State Superintendent, appointed to the position in April 2015, was diagnosed with cancer last fall and had been undergoing treatment. On Friday, he went on Long-Term… Kathy Lester is a school library media specialist with Plymouth-Canton Community Schools and past president of the Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME).My association, the Michigan Association for Media in Education, appreciates the hard work and in-depth research done by the Education Trust-Midwest in its recent report “2018… ROYAL OAK, Mich. (April 10, 2018) –New national assessment findings show Michigan student achievement continues to be relatively flat and underperforming for key indicators of not only learning but also for Michigan students’ future employment and life outcomes. Across the nation, the majority of states have performed higher –… A recently released report by The Education Trust-Midwest leveraged the power of comparative state assessment data to provide fresh insight on Michigan’s early literacy performance. The results were troubling and become more so, as we further explore the data.The new report found that Michigan third-graders are the lowest performing… by Amber Arellano, Bridge Like so many of you, I’m a native Michigander who grew up proud of what I believe are shared Michigan values: a hard work ethic, a passion for the Great Lakes, a deep pride in our industrial heritage, and a commitment to taking care of… Last August at a cookout, my dad pulled me aside and said, “Sis, will you just teach English this year? Can you commit to that?” I chuckled, gave him a sly grin, and said, “Sure, Dad. I’ll try.” I was heading into my fifteenth year as a high school… The Detroit NewsFor the first time in state history, Michigan public schools are able to compare their performance in some subjects to nearly a dozen other states across the country based on the state’s new assessment, the M-STEP. Indeed, this new data provide a revealing look at how Michigan… by Ron French, Bridge Once a week, Amanda Price volunteers in a first-grade classroom in Lakeshore Elementary in Holland. “They’re doing great,” said the former Republican legislator of the kids she works with.But when Price, who chaired the House Education Committee until she retired in 2016, looks at… by Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit News Despite investing heavily in early literacy since 2015, Michigan schools showed the largest decline in third-grade reading levels among 11 comparable states in the last three years, according to a new education report.Using three consecutive years of data starting with the 2014-15 school… Fastest-improving schools demonstrate improving effectiveness, adopting new practices, key to addressing growing K-12 crisisROYAL OAK, Mich. (March 6, 2018) – For the first time in the state’s history, Michigan public schools are able to compare their performance in some subjects to other states around the country for all students. A…Fierce advocates for the high academic achievement of all students – particularly those of color and living in poverty.
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Michigan schools show largest decline in third-grade reading levels among key states, despite nearly $80 million investment
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