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How the Common Core State Standards relate to the Michigan Merit Examination
ACT recognizes that our state partners, including Michigan, have questions about how the Common Core State Standards Initiative will affect ACT’s existing and future work. As one of three development partners in the state-led Common Core Standards Initiative, ACT was able to bring to bear its rich research base and expertise in the development of the Common Core Standards. Indeed, ACT’s extensive empirical data regarding college and career readiness, based on its ACT and WorkKeys assessments, was a significant part of the foundation for creating the Common Core State Standards for College and Career Readiness in English Language Arts and Mathematics. These college and career readiness standards, in turn, serve as the foundation for the K–12 Common Core State Standards, currently under development.
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Recent News
MASSP Podcast #035 Education Reform Legislation with Peter Spadafore
State Prepares for School Takeovers
How to Remove an Ineffective Tenured Teacher in 13 Easy Steps
Fourteen U.P. high schools have a lot to be proud of
School Officials Back Reforms, Tax Hike
Report: Rural Teens More At Risk
Principals Questions of the Week
Attendance Policy Career/Tech Center?
Any middle schools using Second Step: A Violence Prevention curriculum?
What percentage is homework given when calulating math grades in high school?
Does anyone have Student Handbook wording regarding using cell phone to film a fight at school?
Look Who Blogged This Week
Tweets of the Week
massp: Report: Rural Teens More At Risk http://mymassp.com/node/2582
Upcoming Events
January 29, 2010, Credit Recovery Summit II: Math Solutions, Lansing, MI
February 2, 9, 16, 23, 2010, Tuesdays in the Middle Webinar Series, Online
March 6, 2010, Principal Contracts and Negotiations Seminar, MELG Building, Lansing, MI
April 28, 2010, MASSP Spring Law Update, MELG Building, Lansing, MI
June, 2010, Summer Retreat, Mission Point Resort, Mackinac Island, MI
Student Council and Honor Society Events
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