Students from less advantaged families are more likely to be held back under Florida’s third-grade reading law than white, more affluent kids with the same low reading scores. A similar Michigan law begins this fall.
Michigan third-grade reading
Posted inTalent & Education
Michigan is failing its students, as state test scores keep tanking
M-STEP results show 1-in-3 third-graders are not proficient in reading. The bad news extends across grades and subjects, impacting white, black and Hispanic students. What should state do now?
Posted inUrban Affairs
M-STEP results trouble for most struggling schools in Detroit, statewide
Detroit schools saw just a small fraction of its students post a passing score in English Language Arts and math. But new leaders say their changes are only now starting to be implemented.
Posted inMichigan Truth Squad
Truth Squad | Bill Schuette says Michigan is ‘last’ in third-grade reading
Few would argue with Schuette’s point that Michigan’s public schools must vastly improve. We’re struggling, but are we the worst?
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Take a breath: Michigan schools’ tests scores aren’t as bad as you think
You’ve read the doom-and-gloom stories. But they fail to point out how well many Michigan students are doing.
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Opinion | Let’s get strategic in improving third-grade reading in Michigan
Michigan needs to follow the path of leading states, with high-caliber training and support of principals and teachers in literacy instruction.
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Which Michigan 3rd-graders will flunk reading? The state has no idea.
A new state law requires third-graders to repeat the grade if they are more than a year behind in reading. But the state test doesn’t yield that information.
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Michigan spent $80 million to improve early reading. Scores went down.
Under a new law, in two years thousands of Michigan’s third graders will flunk if they are more than a year behind in reading skills if the state can’t turn current trends to the positive. How did this happen?
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See if reading scores are down in your Michigan district
Bridge Magazine’s reading tool will show whether your child’s district is suffering third-grade reading declines, a trend that could leave plenty of future third graders to repeat the grade.
Posted inPhil's Column
Why Michigan schools fail, and what to do about it
Absent changes to the state constitution, the pressure is on lawmakers to rescue our schools from the abyss