EPIC in the News
Small gains in M-STEP scores signal significant progress for DPSCD
DATE: August 29, 2024
Students in Detroit’s school district showed improvement across a range of subjects on Michigan’s standardized tests, though they remain far behind statewide numbers. Results of the 2024 Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress, known as M-STEP, showed that 16% of students in Detroit Public Schools Community District tested proficient in English language arts — a nearly 1.5 percentage point increase from last year. Statewide, 40.5% were proficient. Students showed similar progress in math, with 10.5% testing proficient, compared with 9% last year.
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