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Farmington Public Schools MME, ACT Scores Show Year-Over-Year Progress

While students still struggle in social studies, gains are made over last year's results in reading, writing, math and science.

 (FPS) students have improved their performance this year in most areas of both the Michigan Merit Exam (MME) and ACT college entrance exam.

The Michigan Merit Examination is given each spring to Michigan 11th grade students. The test is administered to most students over a three-day period. Results released today by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) show increases over last year in the percentage of students judged proficient in reading, writing, math and science.

Students continue to struggle in the area of social studies, moving from 50 percent proficient last year to 47 percent this year. State-wide, the percentage of high school students scoring proficient dipped slightly from last year (0.7 percent), but showed a larger four-year decline of 1.6 percent. 

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FPS students continue to perform above state-wide MME averages. Across Michigan, the percentage judged proficient in reading, writing, math and science rose over 2011, while social studies held steady. 

Farmington Schools' average ACT scores inched forward in all areas, with the biggest gain in math, from 20.9 to 21.3. The percentage of students meeting ACT college-ready benchmarks, a measure on Gov. Rick Snyder’s Education Dashboard, rose in math and science and dropped slightly in both reading and English. 

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Statewide ACT average scores rose in math, reading, writing and English; science held steady. The percentage of students meeting state benchmarks rose across the board, and the MDoE reports even larger four-year gains in mathematics, reading, writing, and science.

Retrospective numbers for 2009-2011, included with the 2012 numbers, represent the percentage of students judged proficient under . 

Here are the local numbers, released today at 10 a.m.:

MME results

Subject Year Not Proficient Part Proficient Proficient Advanced Proficient or Above Prof/Abv Statewide Reading 2009 12% 27% 42% 19% 62% 49%
2010 11% 24% 46% 19% 65% 54%
2011 12% 26% 44% 17% 62% 53%
2012 13% 22% 45% 20% 65% 56% Writing 2009 6% 35% 51% 9% 59% 43%
2010 5% 37% 50% 7% 58% 44%
2011 6% 38% 48% 9% 57% 47%
2012 5% 36% 51% 8% 59% 49% Math 2009 33% 33% 26% 8% 34% 26%
2010 28% 38% 28% 7% 34% 25%
2011 28% 35% 28% 10% 37% 27%
2012 27% 31% 31% 10% 42% 29% Science 2009 41% 28% 19% 12% 31% 22%
2010 39% 28% 20% 14% 34% 24%
2011 39% 27% 20% 13% 33% 25%
2012 39% 26% 19% 16% 35% 26% S.Studies 2009 9% 37% 34% 19% 54% 42%
2010 11% 45% 33% 12% 45% 37%
2011 14% 36% 38% 12% 50% 41%
2012 16% 37% 33% 15% 47% 41%

ACT results

Average

% Meeting Benchmarks

Year 2012  2011  2010 2009

2012

2011  2010  2009 Composite 21.1 20.9 21.1 20.8 27.6 26.6 26.1 24 Math 21.3 20.9 21 20.7 46 42.4 43.5 39.5 Science 21.4 21.2 21.3 20.7 34.4 32.6 33.4 32 Reading 20.7 20.7 21 20.8 49.3 49.9 51 46.8 English 20.5 20.2 20.6 20.4 63.6 64.7 66.6 67.3 Writing 6.7 6.5 6.8 6.9 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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