M-STEPs may not count, but your student will still have to take them
Educators are waiting on a waiver that may not come in time
Standardize tests will still be required by federal law, but schools won t be punished based on the results. Educators wonder why they have to administer the tests.
and last updated 2021-04-06 17:02:55-04
WXMI â After the M-STEP assessment was canceled last year in the throes of the pandemic, it may go ahead this year but without much purpose.
The Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress assesses the strides students and teachers are making in the classroom, and Michigan schools rely on the results for funding from the state and federal government.
Schools work to vaccinate educators as researchers study COVID vaccine for kids
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and last updated 2021-03-03 05:54:08-05
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â There is so much talk these days about who can get a COVID-19 vaccine, and when. But thereâs another line of thinking where people have no plans to get it.
What about our kids? Whatâs in store for them? Will it impact their return to school? We went to the experts to get a look at how transmission rates are staying low for schools and what early research is showing about vaccines in kids.
EARLY RESEARCH IN CHILDREN