EPIC IN THE NEWS
Third-graders return to classroom, but are they prepared to succeed?
DATE: March 2, 2021
In the summer of 2019, the Michigan Department of Education contracted with Michigan State University’s Education Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC) on a study that estimated between 7 percent and 11 percent of Black students would be held back, depending on the number of students who receive Good Cause exemptions under the law. The study also estimated that 12 percent to 20 percent of students within Partnership Schools, like Detroit Public Schools Community District, would be held back. EPIC was hired to conduct the study again in January 2020 and the results were almost identical to the year prior.
The Read by Grade Three law was supposed to take effect after the spring 2020 M-STEP. However, testing was delayed due to coronavirus. Instead, school districts have administered benchmark assessments to determine student achievement and what learning supports may be needed.
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