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Saline High School Students Best State Averages on MME Tests
Saline ranked among the top performing schools in the county on Michigan Merit Exam tests taken in the spring.
A week after was named among the by Newsweek Magazine, test scores released by the state show Saline students are performing far above state averages.
Overall, Saline's test scores were down slightly from 2010. But Saline students outperformed county and state averages by a significant margin.
"Over all, I think we've had consistent results over time. We had some drops here and there. I'd be concerened if had several signficant drops. But our scores are similar to where they've been in recent years," said Steve Laatsch, the Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services for .
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The Michigan Merit Examination is given each spring to Michigan 11th grade students. The test is administered to most students over a three-day period.
From 2010 to 2011, students meeting all four ACT college-ready benchmarks, a measure on Gov. Rick Snyder’s Education Dashboard, improved from 16 percent to 17 percent (nearly 7 percent difference) – representing an additional 1,090 students over the previous year.
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“Michigan’s future in large part will depend upon the readiness of our students to enter a career or college with the educational foundation needed to succeed and have a strong quality of life,” Snyder said. “Our steady progress is promising, but we can and must do better. I am confident that with our rigorous high school requirements, high quality teachers and the enactment and implementation of key education reforms, this positive trend will continue.”
“Students are being challenged with greater rigor and are achieving at higher levels,” state Superintendent of Public Instruction, Mike Flanagan, said. “Michigan educators are to be commended for the efforts they put in to help more students learn and succeed.”
Juniors who took the MME this past spring are the second set of students required by law to complete a new set of high school requirements in order to graduate. The two-credit world language requirement first takes effect for the graduating class of 2016.
MME content area scores fall into one of four performance levels: Advanced, Proficient, Partially Proficient, and Not Proficient. Students who have scores at the level of Advanced or Proficient are considered to be “proficient” in that subject.
Find summary data about an entire school or district at michigan.gov/mme. From there, click on “MME Test Results” on the left side of the screen.
Math High School Not Proficient Partially Proficient Proficient Advanced Met or Exceeded Saline 2011 15% 11% 46% 28% 74% Saline 2010 9% 8% 34% 49% 83% State Average 38% 16% 37% 10% 46% Dexter 21% 10% 46% 23% 69% Chelsea 17% 9% 49% 25% 74% Milan 34% 18% 38% 10% 48% Manchester 26% 16% 49% 9% 58% Pioneer 14% 8% 41% 37% 78% Huron 17% 10% 37% 36% 73% Ypsilanti 50% 17% 30% 4% 34% Reading High School Saline 2011 6% 14% 75% 6% 81% Saline 2010 3% 10% 77% 10% 87% State Average 17% 24% 58% 2% 60% Dexter 13% 9% 72% 6% 78% Chelsea 6% 13% 75% 6% 81% Milan 18% 22% 59% 1% 60% Manchester 8% 20% 70% 3% 73% Pioneer 7% 10% 73% 11% 83% Huron 10% 13% 68% 9% 77% Ypsilanti 24% 30% 44% 1% 45% Science High School Saline 2011 12% 10% 65% 12% 78% Saline 2010 8% 9% 62% 21% 83% State Average 28% 16% 50% 6% 56% Dexter 18% 10% 57% 15% 72% Chelsea 12% 11% 65% 13% 77% Milan 26% 15% 54% 5% 59% Manchester 10% 13% 74% 3% 77% Pioneer 11% 7% 60% 21% 81% Huron 13% 10% 55% 22% 77% Ypsilanti 43% 18% 36% 2% 38% Writing High School Saline 2011 2% 31% 61% 6% 67% Saline 2010 2% 4% 31% 63% 94% State Average 10% 50% 38% 2% 40% Dexter 4% 38% 49% 8% 58% Chelsea 5% 31% 60% 4% 64% Milan 11% 51% 36% 2% 38% Manchester 4% 44% 49% 2% 52% Pioneer 4% 23% 59% 14% 73% Huron 4% 29% 58% 10% 67% Ypsilanti 19% 60% 20% 1% 21% Social Studies High School Saline 2011 3% 3% 28% 66% 94% Saline 2010 2% 23% 61% 15% 75% State Average 7% 9% 42% 41% 83% Dexter 9% 4% 28% 59% 87% Chelsea 4% 3% 31% 62% 93% Milan 5% 7% 49% 39% 88% Manchester 1% 4% 28% 67% 95% Pioneer 3% 3% 25% 70% 94% Huron 4% 6% 32% 58% 90% Ypsilanti 15% 16% 47% 23% 70%
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