Michigan Merit Examination (MME) Overview Michigan Department of Education Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability Pat King Specialist – MME Administration and Reporting

2 MME Overview What is the MME? Design of the MME What’s New for Spring 2009? CTE Reports National Career Readiness Certification (NCRC)

3 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

4 Design of the MME Must contain all of the following: 1.College entrance or placement exam with a writing component 2.Work skills assessments Reading and Mathematics Eligibility for Employment Certification

5 Design of the MME 3.Social Studies component 4.Any component necessary to meet federal requirements NCLB US Department of Education approval

6 Design of the MME  MME Day 1 – ACT Plus Writing  MME Day 2 – WorkKeys Reading for Information Applied Mathematics Locating Information (new Spring 2009)

7 Design of the MME  MME Day 3 – Michigan components Mathematics Science Social Studies  Alignment to HS Standards and Content Expectations

8 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

9 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

10 Design of the MME MME Reading MME Writing MME Mathematics MME Science MME Social Studies ACT Reading WorkKeys Reading for Information ACT English ACT Writing ACT Mathematics WorkKeys Mathematics WorkKeys Locating Information Michigan Mathematics ACT Science Michigan Science WorkKeys Locating Information Michigan Social Studies

11 CTE Score Reports Paper Reports Distributed to CTE centers Individual Student Reports Student Roster –By subject –All students within the same code

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14 Design of MME Provides Student: –Free national college entrance test –Free national workforce readiness evaluation –Michigan Promise eligibility (up to $4000)

15 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

16 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

17 National Career Readiness Certification Individual Student Option - No fee –Register online –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)

18 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

19 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

20 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

21 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

22 Additional Information mme listserv Questions? Phone (toll free)

23 Contact Information Pat King Specialist – MME Administration and Reporting Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability Michigan Department of Education PO Box Lansing, MI (517)