Assessments
Frequently asked questions
The Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress, or M-STEP, is a 21st Century computer-based assessment designed to gauge how well students are mastering state standards. These standards, developed for educators by educators, broadly outline what students should know and be able to do in order to be prepared to enter the workplace, career education training and college. When combined with classroom work, report cards, local district assessments and other tools, M-STEP results offer a comprehensive view of student progress and achievement.
MI-Access is Michigan's alternate assessment system and is designed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, and whose IEP (Individualized Education Program) Team has determined that general assessments, even with accommodations, are not appropriate. MI-Access satisfies the federal requirement that all students with disabilities be assessed at the state level.
NWEA assessments measure student's academic performance in mathematics, reading, language usage and science. The tests are tailored to the individual's current achievement level.
DRA provides educators and their classrooms with a criterion-based, authentic benchmark/interim assessment that evaluates student reading levels and reading behaviors. DRA determines independent or instructional levels on reading engagement, oral reading fluency, and reading comprehension. For struggling readers, it helps create instructional groupings and informs instructional practice through progress monitoring and targeted skill-based interventions.
The Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention is a powerful, short-term intervention, that provides daily, intensive, small-group instruction, which supplements classroom literacy teaching. LLI turns struggling readers into successful readers with engaging leveled books and fast-paced, systematically designed lessons.