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Elementary School (and Earlier) Understanding your Young Child’s Stages of Development Information on child development for parents of one to five year olds.https://www.cwla.org/ Story Blocks – Literacy Development Collection of 30-60 second videos for parents,...

Resources for Parents in Elementary School and Earlier Elementary School (and Earlier) Understanding your Young Child’s Stages of Development Information on child development for parents of one to five year olds.https://www.cwla.org/ Story Blocks – Literacy...

SAT Score Release Students who participated on the initial test day(s) for SAT will receive access to their scores in their College Board account beginning on May 3, 2018, while scores for students who participated in PSAT 10 or PSAT 8/9 are currently available....

PSAT 8/9 and PSAT 10 Score Release Students who participated on the initial test day(s) for PSAT 8/9 or PSAT 10 received access to their test scores on April 24, 2018.  

MDE just awarded contracts to NWEA and DRC to provide benchmark assessments to schools next year This follows what the state has been communicating about its assessment plan for the last few years. Below is the excerpt from the recent spotlight The Michigan Department...

M-STEP 2018 M-STEP testing window will open Monday, April 9, 2018  for grades 5, 8, & 11 and will end Friday, May 4, 2018 M-STEP testing window will open Monday, April 30, 2018 for grades 3, 4, 6, & 7 and will end Friday, May 25, 2018 Parent/Student...

WIDA (World-class Instructional Design and Assessment) English Learners only will take the State required language proficiency test, WIDA between February 5th and March 23rd. Students who are identified as English learners will participate in the online assessment...

M-STEP updates and resources With the removal of the Performance Tasks, the Blueprints have been updated to reflect the new item counts.  Illuminate's item bank will have many items similar to what will be found on the M-STEP assessment. MDE has released sample...