September 2025,
Michigan’s scores for fourth and eighth graders have worsened since before the pandemic. They decreased in reading for both grades and in math for the eighth grade. There was no significant change in fourth grade math compared to before the pandemic. https://www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/01/29/naep-reading-scores-michigan-have-not-improved-since-before-covid/
I have written/blogged about this type of results many times over the years. I have friends who have been subbing non-stop in local schools because the teachers are constantly out of the room testing students in reading and attending conferences on a variety of topics unrelated to the core subjects.
Also, many of the test results do NOT come back in the same school year.
That means the student has been passed to the next grade level with a new
teacher.
Michigan
State Superintendent Michael Rice wrote in a statement that the
results of the assessment mean there is more work to be done in Michigan.
DUH!
More money and the same old solutions with changing testing methods don’t
work (Unless they are provided in same school year in a timely manner). I stated
after the pandemic that students should be going to school for 10 months out of
the year until students (Especially those in grades 1-4) are at grade equivalent
in reading, writing and math. Additional assistance should be provided in
tutors and trained paraprofessionals to support the students and teachers.
September 2026,
Another year and students in Michigan continue to decline in ELA scores. This is despite the fact that more money and new plans continue to try and focus in on the problem. Perhaps thy should try systems thinking and approach the problem from end to end and not just keep changing plans every year. They are trying to hit a moving target that needs to be looked at with systemic measures.
For example, so far more than 7,600 educators in Michigan have completed Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) training in the Science of Reading, but the training has been voluntary.
Just 38.2% of third grade students in Michigan are proficient in English Language Arts, down from 38.9% the previous year, according to results released Friday (September 4th) from the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress, commonly known as the M-STEP. Students took the tests in spring 2026. So, how many students were promoted to the next grade that should have been held because they are not proficient.
In addition, fourth through seventh grade reading scores are also down from the previous year. Just 44% of students grades 3-8 are proficient in reading, according to a Chalkbeat analysis of M-STEP and PSAT 8/9 tests.
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