密歇根新闻广播 2017考试结果表明密歇根的孩子落后于其他州

 

The 2017 scores for the M-STEP — the standardized¹ test that most students in Michigan take — have been released.

It’s a mixed bag of results, with some promising² signs of growth and other areas that clearly need work. M-STEP (the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress) replaced the old MEAP test in 2015. The test is administered³ online, and it's designed to measure students' knowledge in math, science, social studies, and English language arts.

Brian Gutman is with The Education Trust - Midwest. He says now that the state has three years of test results from M-STEP, there’s finally enough data to see trends there in student achievement.

Gutman says students in every grade are getting better at math, but there’s still a lot of progress that needs to be made. The same was true with social studies and science. And in general, test scores for Michigan students don’t stack up very well against student performance in other states.

“In most subject areas in most grades, Michigan underperforms the vast majority of the country,” Gutman said.

The worst news from this year's exams was the scores on the English and language arts tests. State Superintendent⁴ Brian Whiston called the results “disappointing.” And even though Michigan has invested nearly $80 million in early literacy⁵ programs since fiscal⁶ year 2015, less than 50 percent of third-graders passed the English and language arts test.

“What’s even more troubling is we’re seeing scores go the wrong direction in English language arts almost across the board,” Gutman said. “And less than half of our students are proficient⁷.”

There are bright spots — districts where scores are actually improving in English language arts. Gutman says Michigan education officials should spend more time looking at those higher-achieving districts, as well as other states, to identify best practices and find ways to improve education for students across the state.

Listen to the entire conversation with Brian Gutman, with The Education Trust - Midwest, above.

1 standardized   

adj.标准化的

参考例句：

• We use standardized tests to measure scholastic achievement. 我们用标准化考试来衡量学生的学业成绩。
• The parts of an automobile are standardized. 汽车零件是标准化了的。

2 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

3 administered   

管理( administer的过去式和过去分词 )； 治理（国家）； 给予； 执行

参考例句：

• An oath was administered to the newly elected President. 新当选的总统执行了宣誓手续。
• In summary, all government departments are administered rather differently. 概括地说，各政府部门的管理方式是很不相同的。

4 superintendent   

n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长

参考例句：

• He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
• He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。

5 literacy   

n.识字，有文化，读写能力

参考例句：

• I can't believe that he failed the literacy test.我无法相信他识字测试不及格。
• The literacy rate there is the highest in Central America.那里的识字率居中美洲之首。

6 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

7 proficient   

adj.熟练的，精通的；n.能手，专家

参考例句：

• She is proficient at swimming.她精通游泳。
• I think I'm quite proficient in both written and spoken English.我认为我在英语读写方面相当熟练。