Michigan third grade students low test scores flagged for retention

EAST LANSING, Mich.  — A current report reveals an growing variety of Michigan third graders are eligible to be held again.

“These are college students who’re scoring a 1252 or under on the third grade ELA M-Step, which is the reduce level that was decided for college kids who’re scoring no less than a grade degree behind on the third grade ELA M-Step,” stated Katharine Strunk, the director of Schooling Coverage Innovation Collaborative at MSU.

Michigan State College’s Schooling Coverage Innovation Collaborative labored with the Michigan Division of Schooling to investigate benchmark assessments taken within the spring.

They discovered roughly 56,000 Michigan college students who took the ELA M-Step are eligible to repeat third grade.

Low studying scores aren’t the one concern, Strunk stated that 15% of African American college students are eligible for retention scoring a 1252 or under.

“African American college students are 4 and a half instances as more likely to be scoring at that degree than white college students. And equally, low-income college students are about 4 and a half instances as more likely to be scoring at that degree as their wealthier friends,” she stated.

The EPIC report reveals that though retention eligibility charges have elevated since 2018, districts that had been primarily distant in 2020-21 skilled the biggest improve in college students flagged for retention.