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Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) Michigan Merit Exam (MME)
English Language Arts Update
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Grade 3 Reading Assessment• Measuring state-assessable reading GLCE for K-2• Paired reading selections
– Text 1 (8 m.c. items) + Text 2 (8 m.c. items)– 5 cross-text m.c. items– 6-point Response to Reading (2 pages max)
• Independent reading selectionText 3 + 8 m.c. items
• Total = 35 reading points
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Grades 4-8 Reading Assessments• Measuring state-assessable reading GLCE • Paired reading selections
– Text 1 (8 m.c. items) + Text 2 (8 m.c. items)– 5 cross-text m.c. items– 6-point Response to Reading (2 pages max)
• Independent reading selectionText 3 + 8 m.c. items
• Linking text from previous grade + 8 m.c. items• Total = 43 reading points
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Grades 4-8 Linking Reading Texts
• Linking texts = Text 1, 2, or 3 from previous grade with the associated 8 m.c. items
• Approved for and field-tested in lower grade• Not a mistake• To study growth for groups of students• Linking items are scored, and reported, but do
not count toward the students’ scale scores or proficiency levels
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Grades 3-8 Reading Items/Domains
Grade 3 – 35 total points across 3 texts29 m.c. items = WS* + NT + IT + CM + CS6-point Response to Reading (CM)
Grades 4-8 – 43 total points across 4 texts37 m.c. items = WS + NT + IT + CM + CS6-point Response to Reading (CM)
* GLCE code
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Writing: Grades 3-8
Writing from Knowledge and Experience• 6-point holistic rubric • Students choose genre, format of response• Two pages max• No resources• Scored as first draft, not polished response
Student writing sample• Peer response (4-point rubric)• Five multiple-choice (m.c.) editing and revising items
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S07: HSTs in Reading and Writing
Seniors get one last shot at MEAP– Reading
• Texts 1 and 2 with nine associated m.c. items each
• Cross-text: 7 m.c. items, plus one response
– Writing• Writing from Knowledge and Experience • Reporting and Reflecting
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MME Reading Components
MME TotalReading Score
ACT Reading40 multiple-choice
items
ACT WorkKeysReading for Information33 multiple-choice items
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ACT Reading
• 4 texts, 40 questions, 35 minutes– Literary– Social science– Humanities– Natural science
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ACT Reading Items• Items ask students to:
– determine main ideas and significant details– understand sequence of events– make comparisons– comprehend cause-effect relationships– determine meaning in context of words,
phrases, statements– draw generalizations– analyze author's/narrator's voice/method
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ACT WorkKeys: Reading for Information
• 33 items, 45 minutes– measures skills used when reading
and using written text to do a job– memos, letters, directions, signs,
notices, bulletins, policies, regulations– not necessarily well-written or
targeted to appropriate audience– all text, no graphics
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MME Writing ComponentsMME Total Writing Score
ACT Writing Test
6 pt. ACT rubricX 2 ACT scorers = 12 pts.
MEAP Social Studies Response
Writing Score = 6 pt. MME rubricX 2 MME scorers = 12 pts.
ACT English Test
75 multiple-choice items
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ACT Writing
• Persuasive writing• Given issue• Given two perspectives on issue• 6-pt. rubric• Scored by two ACT scorers
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ACT English75 multiple-choice items, 45 minutes
Includes items that ask students:– to be aware of writing style – about specific portions of underlined text and
elements of writing, such as tone or emphasis, in that portion
– about whole sections or whole passages with no underlined parts
– about more than one aspect of writing
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Double-scoring the Social Studies Response: How Does It Work?
For MME Writing :• Scored by two
independent MME scorers, using new MME 6-pt. persuasive writing rubric
• Scored for persuasive writing
• Contributes to MME total writing score
For MME Social Studies:• Scored by two
independent MME scorers, using standard MEAP social studies 5-pt. rubric
• Scored for social studies content
• Contributes to MME social studies total score
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Tips for Improvement
•Teach your curriculum year-round! •Don’t limit yourselves to teaching the assessable content. •Don’t “drill and kill” just before the test! •Watch for “Released Items” on our website (www.michigan.gov/meap) •Compare scoring guides to the rumors about how “you, too, can raise your MEAP scores.”•Call us to check on rumors. Rumor control is a big part of our job!
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Contact InformationJane FauldsEnglish Language Arts Assessment Consultant, MDE/MEAPfauldsj@michigan.gov
For more information:• about MEAP, go to: www.michigan.gov/meap• about MME, go to: www.michigan.gov/oeaa• about ACT, go to: www.act.org