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Michigan Merit Examination (MME) Overview
Michigan Department of EducationOffice of Educational Assessment and Accountability
Pat KingSpecialist – MME Administration and Reporting
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MME Overview
• What is the MME?
• Design of the MME
• What’s New for Spring 2009?
• CTE Reports
• National Career Readiness Certification (NCRC)
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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
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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
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Design of the MME
3. Social Studies component
4. Any component necessary to meet federal requirements • NCLB
• US Department of Education approval
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Design of the MME
MME Day 1 – ACT Plus Writing
MME Day 2 – WorkKeys• Reading for Information
• Applied Mathematics
• Locating Information (new Spring 2009)
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Design of the MME
MME Day 3 – Michigan components• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies
Alignment to HS Standards and Content Expectations
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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
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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
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Design of the MMEMME
ReadingMME
WritingMME
MathematicsMME
ScienceMME 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
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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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Reported by Standard
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Design of MME
• Provides Student:–Free national college entrance test
–Free national workforce readiness evaluation
–Michigan Promise eligibility• (up to $4000)
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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
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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
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National Career Readiness Certification
• Individual Student Option - No fee– Register online www.myworkkeys.com
– 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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Additional Information
• www.michigan.gov/mme
• www.act.org/workkeys
• mme listserv
• Questions?Email [email protected]
Phone 877-560-8378 (toll free)
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Contact Information
Pat King
Specialist – MME Administration and Reporting
Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability
Michigan Department of Education
PO Box 30008
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 335-6780