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