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The Michigan Merit Examination (MME) assesses students in grade 11 and eligible students in grade 12 based on Michigan high school standards. It is administered each March, and consists of three components:

  • ACT Plus Writing® college entrance examination
  • WorkKeys® job skills assessments in reading, mathematics, and "locating information"
  • Michigan-developed assessments in mathematics, science, and social studies

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What's New?

• MME 2012 Training Workshop

• Chart of Accommodations Dates PDF icon

• Key Staff Previously Trained Webcast - Updates, 2012

• MSDS Best Practices Guide PDF icon

• Assessment and Accountability Data Processing Changes for 2011-2012 PDF icon

• Important Dates for Spring 2012 PDF icon

• High School Grade Assignment for Accountability Calculations PDF icon

Current Assessment Information

• MME 2012 Training Workshop

• Spring 2012 Contributing Components PDF icon

• Spring 2012 Assessment Design PDF icon

• Key Staff Previously Trained Webcast - Updates, 2012

• MME Spring 2012 Standard Time Training Materials

• Room Supervisor/Proctor Training Video

• Preparation and Planning Web Cast, Spring 2012

• Offsite Proposal, Spring 2012 PDF icon

• Important Dates for Spring 2012 PDF icon

• School Establishment Packet Documents, Spring 2012
Additional forms needed for establishment/registration of schools for the MME.

• Student Reminders DOC icon

• Assessment Integrity Guide PDF icon
Approved by the State Board of Education on Sept. 9, 2009. This replaces the Professional & Accountability Practices for Educators Guide. This document covers proper test administration procedures and how MDE will handle improper assessment administration on OEAA assessments.

ACT Plus Writing

• Transfer of Accommodations Request Form PDF icon
MME Day 1 State Testing

• ACT Supervisor Manual, Standard Time PDF icon

• ACT Supervisor Test Manual - State Special Testing/Accommodated Testing PDF icon

• ACT Resources for State Testing, Spring 2012
Includes resource guides, profile change forms and accommodation training videos

• Day 1 Standard Time Testing - Frequently Asked Questions PDF icon

• The ACT Educator's Guide to the ACT Writing Test PDF icon

WorkKeys

• WorkKeys Test Supervisor Manual - Standard Time PDF icon

• WorkKeys Supervisor Test Manual - State Special Testing/Accommodated Testing PDF icon

• WorkKeys - Frequently Asked Questions PDF icon

• Descriptions of the WorkKeys Tests (Applied Math & Reading for Information)

Michigan Mathematics, Science, & Social Studies

• MME Supervisor Test Manual - Accommodated Testing PDF icon

• MME Test Supervisor Manual - Standard Time PDF icon

Accommodations/IEP Team

• Chart of Accommodations Dates PDF icon

• Transfer of Accommodations Request Form PDF icon
MME Day 1 State Testing

• Accommodated Training Materials, Spring 2012

• Accommodations Briefing Web Cast, Spring 2012

• Accommodations Summary Table, Spring 2012 PDF icon
Updated September 2011

• Testing with Accommodations - Day 1 and Day 2 Frequently Asked Questions PDF icon

Letters and Memoranda

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Standards and Rubrics

• High School Content Standards by Subject, Spring 2011 PDF icon

• Science Depth of Knowledge Study, definitions PDF icon

• Science Depth of Knowledge Study, report PDF icon

• MME Contributing Components
Includes Fall 2007 - Spring 2011

• Assessment Design
Spring 2008 - Spring 2009

Reporting

• New MEAP and MME Cut Scores, September 13, 2011 PDF icon

• New MEAP and MME Cut Scores, FAQ - October 31, 2011 PDF icon

• Spring 2011 Guide to Reports PDF icon

• Spring 2011 MME Cut Scores PDF icon

• MME Test Results
Public released state, school and district reports.

• MME Downloadable Data Files
Public released downloadable MME test scores

• MME Data Interpretation Workshop Powerpoint - September 2007 PPT icon

General Information & Other Resources

• Expectations for Success with the MME

• MME Future Testing Dates (revised 1/17/2012)

• How are MME Testing Dates Established? (revised 5-11-09)

• BAA Technical Reports

• Subscribe to MME Email Listserv

• OEAA Coordinator Updates

• Addition of ACT Scores to Qualify for Dual Enrollment PDF icon
October 23, 2007

• Michigan Merit Examination and State Aid PDF icon

Information for Parents and Students

• Elimination of MME Auxiliary Test Centers Memo for 2012 PDF icon

• How Does Your School Measure Up?

• What is BAA?

• Where Do Students Take the MME?

• Student's Guide to the ACT PDF icon
A document provided by ACT

• Order Form - Preparing for the ACT

• Preparing for the WorkKeys Assessments PDF icon

• ACT College Readiness Standards

• ACT - Ready for College & Ready for Work: Same or Different? PDF icon

• Use of State-Administered ACT Tests for Admission to the U.S. Air Force Academy PDF icon



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