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MEAP Writing Scores
Taylor Public Schools
Cohort Results for 4th and 5th grade
The data below shows the percentage of students from Taylor Public Schools who met or exceeded the proficiency score on the MEAP writing assessment as 4th grade students in October 2007 and the same group of students as 5th graders in October 2008.
| School | 2007 4th grade |
2008 5th grade |
Overall Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland | 25.9 | 52.5 | +26.6 |
| Eureka | 37.7 | 42.9 | +5.2 |
| Taylor Parks | 37.6 | 46.5 | +8.9 |
| Moody | 29.8 | 42.4 | +12.6 |
| Myers | 10.5 | 26.2 | +15.7 |
| Fischer | 25 | 46.2 | +21.2 |
| Randall | 23.9 | 56.5 | +22.6 |
| Kinyon | 31.3 | 50.5 | +19.2 |
| McDowell | 22.1 | 50.6 | +28.5 |
Note: Cohort scores reflect the growth for the same group of students from one grade to another.
The MEAP results shown below demonstrate the accumulative advantages of WriteSteps
when fully implemented in all K-5 classrooms.
| Taylor 6th grade cohort scores | 3rd - 2005 | 4th - 2006 | 5th - 2007 | 6th - 2008 | Overall Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 34 | 44 | 69 | +30 |
How WriteSteps Applies to the GLCEs
WriteSteps materials were written by a teacher for teachers. The lessons were written to help Michigan teachers meet the GLCE requirements. All of the WriteSteps lessons strongly reinforce and teach reading and writing GLCEs that are assessed on the 3rd through 8th grade ELA MEAP tests.
