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• ASSESSMENT AND SCHOOL INFORMATION NOW AVAILABLE AT MISCHOOLDATA.ORG

• Accreditation -- Proposed Michigan School Accreditation PDF icon

• Accreditation System - Education Yes!

• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Proficiency Targets Excel icon

• Administrator Preparation

• Advanced Placement State Results - College Board

• Alternative Education

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Information

• Anti-Bullying Model School Policy PDF icon

• Anti-bullying State Board Statement on Model School Policies PDF icon

• Assessment Results - MEAP (Michigan Educational Assessment Program) for Grades 3-9

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

• Assessment Results - MI-Access Exam for Students With Disabilities

• Assessment Results - MME (Michigan Merit Exam) for High School Students

• Attendance Information PDF icon

• Audit Information

• Beating the Odds Schools

• Best Practice Incentive List of Districts Meeting Requirements for $100 per pupil funding

• Breakfast & Lunch Info by District, 2011-12 PDF icon

• CEPI - Center for Educational Performance and Information CEPI collects and reports data about Michigan's K-12 public schools and is located within the Office of the State Budget.

• CEPI - Number of Buildings Quick Facts Excel icon

• CEPI School Data and Reports

• CEPI School Personnel Data and Reports

• CEPI Student Data

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

• Career and Technical Education

• Census and Statistical Information for Michigan

• Character Education Guidelines PDF icon

• Charter School Web Site (Public School Academies)

• College Credit Opportunities for High School Students - Brochure PDF icon

• College Credit in High School - Early Middle College Program

• College Credit Opportunities List PDF icon

• Common Core State Standards Initiative

• Coordinated School Health & Safety

• Criminal History Checks and Conviction Information

• Curriculum Subjects

• Days and Hours of Instruction Requirements PDF icon

• Deficit District Information and Required Forms

• Detroit Public Schools Financial Report

• Detroit Public Television Coverage of Michigan Dropout Summit: Moving Students Up Not Out

• Directions to the Michigan Department of Education PDF icon

• Dropout Challenge

• Early Childhood Information

• Education Achievement Authority Board

• Education Achievement Authority Bi-Laws PDF icon

• Education Achievement Authority Detroit Public School Information

• Education Achievement Authority Eastern Michigan University Agreement

• Education Achievement Authority InterLocal Agreement PDF icon

• Education Forms, Data and Submission Deadlines

• Educator Certification Verification

• Emergency Manager Contract Information

• Emergency Manager Information

• Emergency Manager Process

• English Language Learner Programs

• Enrollment Information PDF icon

• Evaluations for Administrators and Teachers based on Performance

• Evaluations for Administrators and Teachers based on Performance Memo 12.22.10 PDF icon

• Fees Schools/Districts Can Charge PDF icon

• Field Services Field Services' works help local districts implement functional school improvement plans, improve student performance and target supplementary resources more effectively.

• Finance - District Budget & Salary Transparency Reporting Web Site

• Finance - District Budget & Salary Transparency Reporting Guidelines

• Finance - Education Finance Statistics - Site contains graphs and other tools to compare districts across state lines

• Finance - National Public Education Finance Survey 2009

• Foreign Students Enrolled in Public School Districts PDF icon

• Free & Reduced Lunch Count

• Grade Promotion and Retention PDF icon

• Graduation and Dropout Reports CEPI

• Graduation/Dropout Information

• Grant Resources & Opportunities

• Great Start Office

• High School - Personal Curriculum Information and Documents

• High School Graduation Requirements

• Home School Information PDF icon

• Homeless Education

• House Fiscal Agency Legislative analysis

• Intermediate School District Annual Website Report PDF icon

• Kindergarten Enrollment Information

• Legislative - House Audio/Video

• Legislative - House Committees

• Legislative - Senate Audio/Video

• Legislative - Senate Committees

• Legislative - Senate Fiscal Agency Reports and analysis

• Legislative Calendar

• Legislative Committees Meetings

• Legislative Recent Bill Activity

• Legislative Reports

• MDE Memos

• MDE Newsletter - Education Connection

• MDE Podcasts

• MDE Staff Directory

• MDE Videos

• MEAP Results (also see Assessment - MEAP)

• MI Association of School Administrators

• MI Association of School Boards

• MI Learnport

• MI Safe School Web Site

• MI School for the Deaf

• MI Teacher of the Year

• Michigan School Data

• MME (Michigan Merit Exam) Test Results

• Michigan Education Dashboard

• Michigan Online Educator Certification System

• Migrant Education Program

• National Center for Education Statistics

• No Child Left Behind

• Non-Public School Information

• Number of Non Public Schools in Michigan PDF icon

• Number of Public Schools, districts, ISDs and PSAs in Michigan PDF icon

• Parent Information

• Physical Education

• Preparing Michigan Students for Work and College Success Research Fact Sheet PDF icon

• Press Releases, News & Publications

• Public School Academies (Charters)

• Pupil Count Information for 2011-12 and 2012-13 PDF icon

• Pupil Count State School Aid Act Amended in 2011

• Pupil Count State School Aid Act Amended in 2011

• Pupil Transportation (Busing)

• R.E.A.D.Y. Early Learning Program Developed by the Michigan Department of Education and early childhood experts to provide you with information and material to help give young children a great start.

• Re-Imagining Education in Michigan

• School Bond Qualification & Loan

• School Breakfast and Lunch Count Information PDF icon

• School Building Openings and Closings

• School Building and District Code, Contact and Mailing List Information(CEPI-Education Entity Master)

• School District Annual Financial Audits

• School District Consolidation Steps PDF icon

• School District Demographics

• School District and ISD District Map PDF icon

• School District Numbers and Informations

• School District Organization History PDF icon

• School Finance in Michigan Before and After the Implementation of Proposal A

• School Health and Safety

• School Improvement

• School Improvement Grant Information

• School Law

• School Reform/Redesign Office

• School Report Cards

• School Revenue and Expenditures - Bulletin 1011

• School Safety and Expulsion Reports

• School Statistics - CEPI

• School Violence Hotline

• Schools Not Making AYP

• Schools Ranked By Select Financial Information - Bulletin 1014

• Schools of Choice PDF icon

• Schools of Excellence List page 3 PDF icon

• Seclusion and Restraint PDF icon

• Special Education

• Special Education - Compliance Indicators used in 2010-2011 PDF icon

• Special Education - Compliance Information

• Special Education - Compliant Form PDF icon

• Special Education - Homebound Student Administrative Rules PDF icon

• Special Education - Laws and Polices

• Special Education Data and Charts

• Special Education Hearing Decisions

• Standards - Infant and Toddler

• Standards - Prekindergarten

• Standards and Expectations - Elementary and Middle School

• Standards and Expectations - High School

• State Board 2008 Meeting Schedule PDF icon

• State Board of Education Information

• State Board of Education Model School Policies on School Health & Safety

• State Board of Education Video Archived Meetings

• State Education Reform Legislation The education reform laws allow the state to intervene in the lowest-performing schools; requires school administrator certification; develops high quality alternative routes for administrator and teacher certification at all levels; and connects student performance as one component in teacher and administrator evaluations.

• State Aid 2010-2011 Calculation by District

• State School Aid Act

• State School Aid Monthly Payments

• State School Aid Calculation

• State School Aid Allocations by District 1995 to 2010 Excel icon

• Student Issues and Rights Information

• Student Scholarship-Michigan Promise

• Student/Pupil Count - Non Public Schools

• Student/Pupil Count - Special Education

• Student/Pupil Count - Statewide

• Student/Pupil Count by District

• Student/Pupil Non-Resident Enrollment by District

• Suicide Prevention Guide

• Summer Food Program

• Superintendent of Public Instruction As established in the State Constitution, the Superintendent of Public Instruction is appointed by the Board for a term to be determined by the Board, to serve as its chair and serves as the principal executive and administrative officer of the department. The Superintendent directs and manages the Michigan Department of Education; chairs the State Board of Education; and advises the Board, Governor, and the state Legislature regarding public education in Michigan.

• Superintendent's Breakfast Challenge and Breakfast Program Information

• Superintendent's Dropout Challenge

• Supplemental Educational Services

• Suspension/Expulsion Information PDF icon

• Teacher Certification

• Teacher Certification Facts PDF icon

• Teacher Certification Requirements for 50 States

• Teacher Certification Status - Search by name

• Teacher Certification Test (MTTC)

• Teacher Endorsement Areas & Codes DOC icon

• Teacher Permits DOC icon

• Teacher Preparation Institution Student Performance Scores

• Teacher Preparation Institutions and Specialty Programs - Approved

• Teacher Preparation Standards

• Teacher Tenure and Certification Legal Decisions

• Teacher Testing Dates for MTTC Certification

• Title Program Overview DOC icon

• U.S. Department of Education



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