KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The superintendent of Kalamazoo Public Schools says he’s not in favor of proposals to scrap the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress.
Instead, Michael Rice wants the M-STEP refined.
“(They would work) to abbreviate M-STEP, which is still too long, and make it a stronger test — but not do a seachange,” Rice saod.
State Superintendent Brian Whiston wants an exam that better assesses educational growth, but Rice says students and teachers have grown tired of changes. The M-STEP became the state’s third standardized test when it replaced the 44-year-old Michigan Educational Assessment Program in 2014.
“I’m not anxious, and educators aren’t anxious, to have a fourth incarnation,” Rice said.
Despite legislative challenges, Whiston has recommended that M-STEP be administered at least through next school year.
