Q. Why was it developed?
Consistent with PA25, the Michigan Department of Education
developed a system that would speak directly to all stakeholders in
promoting excellence. The system that emerged, Education YES!-A
Yardstick for Excellent Schools, provides both a snapshot of current
school performance and supplies feedback and direction to assist
schools on a path of meaningful change. Education YES! is based on
the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) results and
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Q.
What is being used to determine the Education YES!
report card grades?
| A Yard Stick for Excellent Schools |
Engagement Instructional
Learning
Quality
Opportunities |
Status Change
Growth |
| School
Performance |
Student Achievement |
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| GRADE |
CONTENT AREA |
PROFICIENT EQUIVALENT |
20TH
PERCENTILE CUTOFF |
| 4 |
Math |
Levels 1 plus 2 |
48.8% |
| 4 |
Reading |
Satisfactory |
38.5% |
| 7 |
Reading |
Satisfactory |
32.0% |
| 8 |
Math |
Levels 1 plus 2 |
32.8% |
1. Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP)
Two-thirds (67%) of the Education YES! grade is based on student
achievement as measured by the MEAP tests.
The score will include:
- Achievement Status-to measure how well a school is doing in
educating all students
- Achievement Change-to measure whether student achievement is
improving or declining
- Achievement Growth-to measure whether students are receiving
at least one year of academic growth for each year of
instruction
2. School Performance Indicators
Thirty-three percent of the grade will be determined by School
Performance Indicators. All schools had to fill out and submit to
the State a self-assessment on the following indicators:
Indicators of Engagement
- Curriculum alignment
- Continuous improvement
- Performance management systems
Indicators of Instructional Quality
- Teacher quality and professional development
- Arts education and humanities for all students
- Extended learning opportunities
- Advanced coursework
Indicators of Learning Opportunities
- Family involvement
- Student attendance and dropout rate
- Four-year education and employment plan
- School facilities
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Q. When are the grades expected to be given to schools?
Education YES! report card grades are expected to be released
sometime in March 2003
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Q. What will happen if the school fails?
If a school fails for three consecutive years, one or more of the
sanctions below may occur:
- Appointment by the State Superintendent, at school expense,
of an administrator until the school becomes accredited,
- Any parent whose child attends the school may send his or
her child to any accredited public school with an appropriate
grade level within the school district,
- The school, with approval of the State Superintendent, shall
align itself with an existing research-based school improvement
model or establish an affiliation for providing assistance with
a college or university located in this state,
- The school shall be closed.
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