1 1 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

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

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

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

5 5 Spring 2009 MME Day 1 ACT Plus Writing ACT Plus Writing –No changes

6 6 Spring 2009 MME Day 2 Added the WorkKeys ™ Locating Information test 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)

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

8 8 MME Score Components

9 9 Accessing Student Scores How will schools know if students are eligible for the NCRC certificate? 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

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

11 Resources MME Website MME Website –Spring 2009 MME Assessment Design and Contributing Components –WorkKeys (MME Day 2) Administration Manual –Preparing for the WorkKeys Assessments ACT ACT –NCRC

12 Presenter Contact Emily Taylor Analyst, Administration and Reporting Office of Educational Assessment & Accountability Michigan Department of Education OEAA:

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