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High School MEAP Test Dates Set for Academic Year 2004-2005
Dr. Jeremy Hughes, Chief Academic Officer/Deputy
Superintendent, Michigan Department of Education, October 21,
2004
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House Bill No.
6231 was signed into law on Friday, October 15, 2004, as Public
Act 399 of 2004. This law amends the Revised School Code to
require the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) to
administer tests during the last 90 days of Grade 11. The
previous law required schools to administer the tests during the
last 30 days of Grade 11.
Public Act 399 makes it possible for the State to comply with
the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requirement to
report adequate yearly progress (AYP) results before the
beginning of the next school year. Adoption also preserves the
funding that was at risk if the State did not meet this
standard.
MEAP has identified the testing dates for this year that are
consistent with the new state law and NCLB. Spring high school
testing dates for the current academic year are broken into
three cycles in order to give schools more flexibility for test
administration. The testing dates are as follows:
MEAP Spring High School Testing Dates
Cycle 1 - March 21 to April 1, 2005
Cycle 2 - March 28 to April 8, 2005
Cycle 3 - April 4 to April 15, 2005
MI-Access Testing Dates
February 21 to March 31, 2005
Testing materials will be delivered two weeks before the
beginning of the test cycle selected by the district. Districts
that have difficulty testing in one of these cycles may request
an exception to begin testing one week earlier. Approval may be
granted with the understanding that testing materials will
arrive two weeks prior to the published dates (above). All
testing materials must be returned on time for scores to be
reported and forwarded for preparation of the AYP reports.
These testing dates move the testing window approximately 30
days earlier in the school year. The new dates also avoid some
of the historical conflicts with Advanced Placement and college
entrance testing.
Please direct any questions to
MEAP@michigan.gov.
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