MEAP Tests are required and administered by the State of Michigan. They are part of the process used to provide accreditation to schools in Michigan. The tests, which include reading, writing and mathematics, are administered in grades 3-8. Additionally, science is assessed in the fifth and eighth grades and social studies in the sixth and ninth grades. A new generation of tests began in the fall of the 2005-06 school year. The math and English/language arts tests were new. The science and social studies will change in the next year or two.
The Michigan Merit Exam will replace the High School MEAP Test (HST). At present, the plan is for the new exam to be given in the spring of 2007. The new test includes the ACT, portions of the WORKKEYS assessment and Michigan assessments in mathematics, science and social studies. Ninth-grade students will take a MEAP social studies test that assesses the content they learned in grades 6-8. For information regarding how the high school test will change, go to www.michigan.gov and click on Michigan Merit Exam. We encourage all students to make every effort to earn the Merit Award Scholarship. If necessary, the tests can be retaken in the fall of the 12th grade.
Public Act 479 of 2006, signed into law by Governor Jennifer Granholm on December 21, 2006, provides up to $4,000 to high school graduates for successfully completing two years of postsecondary education beginning with the high school graduating class of 2007. For more information about the Michigan Promise Scholarship, please visit the Michigan Promise Award and MME Info Website.
