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Michigan reading scores drop again. State superintendent: ‘We need to improve’
Only 38.2% of third graders were proficient in English language arts, the lowest score in the test’s 12-year history, state officials said.
- Results released Friday from the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress show just 38.2% of third-grade students are proficient in English Language Arts, down from 38.9% last year and marking the lowest score in the 12-year history of the M-STEP exam.
- Performance trends were mixed across grades 3-7, with State Superintendent Glenn Maleyko highlighting that reading scores declined while math proficiency rose in third and sixth grades but fell in fifth grade.
- Michigan is implementing reading reforms, requiring elementary teachers to complete "science of reading" training by the 2031-2032 school year and mandating evidence-based instruction with dyslexia screening by the 2027-2028 school year.
- Detroit Public Schools Community District, the state's largest district, reported reading proficiency gains, with third-grade proficiency rising to 14.1% from 12.9% last year despite statewide declines.
- Emphasizing the need for improvement, Maleyko said the state must show steady improvement in all areas, though officials caution that standardized tests are only one way to measure student achievement.
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Michigan reading scores drop again. State superintendent: ‘We need to improve’
Michigan third grade reading scores continued to slide in the state’s most recent standardized tests this year, even as schools begin to implement reading reforms. Just 38.2% of third grade
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