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CEPI Releases New Data;
Parents Corner added
from MIRS, September 17,
2002
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The Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI)
today announced that Standard & Poor's School Evaluation
Services (SES) released new data and analyses about the
state's school districts and added new research tools to the
SES web site <www.ses.standardandpoors.com>.
“Michigan now has the most powerful and most objective
accountability tool in the country — five years of data and
written reports provided by Standard & Poor's School
Evaluation Services,” said Gov. John ENGLER. “Michigan is the
first state to introduce a powerful new tool to find schools
and districts that are making the best progress toward meeting
new federal goals for all students.”
With the addition of 2000-2001 school year data to the SES
web site, some five-year trends noted by Standard & Poor's
include:
All regions' passing rates on the MEAP improved between 1997
and 2001;
Passing rates on the MEAP increased among every racial group
during the five-year period, and low-income students made
faster gains than their more affluent peers.
Schools in the Upper Peninsula on average achieved the highest
MEAP passing rates in 2001 as well as the greatest improvement
in scores during the 5-year period.
New web tools added to the site include:
First time availability of school level data;
MEAP performance data, shown by grade, subject and student
group;
New search tools that enable users to identify `better
performers' and create custom comparison groups;
“Parents Corner,” redesigned in response to Web site traffic
from parents who represent almost 40 percent of all SES
visitors.
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