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By Ariel Tausk
\n<\/strong>insight<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

With the MME (Michigan Merit Exam) of Spring 2011 completed, students and staff at DHS are left asking themselves how they will measure up to previous years.<\/p>\n

According to the Michigan Department of Education website, DHS ranks in the 97.5th percentile in the state for MME scores.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve always met that AYP,\u201d Coordinator of Mathematics & Testing for MPS Bob Cooper said, regarding how DHS regularly does on the MME.<\/p>\n

AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) is a component of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The goal of the initiative is to make each consecutive year\u2019s standardized testing scores better until 100 percent of students reach a satisfactory score. This goal is set to be achieved in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea of No Child Left Behind is that you will leave no child\u00a0behind,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n

MPS overall received a passing grade for the 2009-10 report for AYP.<\/p>\n

Districts that don\u2019t reach the ATP goal don\u2019t necessarily fail, but as a result they might lower the grade of the whole school or of a subgroup in the school.<\/p>\n

For the MME, students are divided into subgroups containing each ethnic population a school has.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have at least 30 [members of an ethnic group], they have to meet those same standards,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n

In addition, the districts that don\u2019t meet the AYP are subject to reform. If they fail to reach the goal for three consecutive years, schools are required to provide \u201csupplemental educational services\u201d to only low-income students, especially the low-achieving ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have a process called \u2018school improvement,\u2019\u201d Cooper said. \u201cThey would be looking at it long-term and saying, \u2018Okay, why are we down a little bit here? Is this something we need to be really concerned with or not? Is it a trend? How can we help the students achieve higher?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The MME is not based on a grading system where a percentage of questions right receives a certain score. The standards by which it is graded are somewhat fluid. It is graded on a \u201cscale score\u201d of 1100 or higher for juniors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the years, they set some standards for the MME,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cAnd every year they adjust it to fit those standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although DHS regularly meets the AYP requirement, their somewhat flat year to year scores are a cause of concern to some.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood scores, but level scores,\u201d Cooper said to describe how DHS regularly does on the MME. \u201cThey haven\u2019t really been necessarily increasing dramatically or decreasing dramatically.\u201d<\/p>\n

If DHS scores even slightly higher on the MME this year, the reaction will definitely be positive among administrators.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d be happy, but we\u2019d be doing the same thing,\u201d Cooper said. \u201c[Asking ourselves], what can we do better? And try to work that into our school improvement process and into our curriculum and see if they can achieve at their highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Cooper, having 100 percent of students score satisfactorily on the MME is an honorable goal, but actually reaching it will be a difficult journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ll rearrange it as we go forward,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cMichigan\u2019s already looking at a new accreditation system. It hasn\u2019t been approved yet, but they\u2019re looking at other ways to measure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cooper said there is talk of raising the cut-scores (the determinants of what should score \u201csatisfactory\u201d on a state test) in order to ensure students are prepared to continue their education.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019ll make it even harder to get to that 100 percent,\u201d he said. \u201cThey want to make sure the scores reflect what they call \u2018college ready.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Counselor Kurt Faust believes that DHS creates a very comfortable testing environment, which leads to student success.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel really confident we\u2019re going to do fine,\u201d Faust said about this year\u2019s MME scores. \u201cI think our staff does a nice job of preparing them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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