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MEAP Test Format
MEAP Inquiry Items
- Guidelines
- Samples
How
Can a School District Best Prepare for the Social Studies MEAP?
MEAP/MME Test Format
The Social Studies MEAP/MME Test will be made up of selected response
items only (based on the old SS frameworks), until the 2010-11 school
year. At that point, the test will be include both selected response and
constructed response items based on the GLCEs/HSCEs adopted in 2007. The
tests will include questions from "common" strands and "matrixed"
strands. Common Strands are those that will be assessed on each exam
every year. Matrixed strands will spiral through assessment years. There
will be multiple forms of each exam given at one time, therefore
students may be assessed on differing matrixed strands depending on the
form. The questions will be divided equally between common and matrixed.
MEAP Inquiry Items
In order to increase the ability to test knowledge of the Inquiry Strand
of the Content Standards and Benchmarks, an Inquiry selected response
cluster will again be on the Social Studies MEAP Tests. The cluster
will require students to title and label graphs, determine the
relationship between variables, identify a trend depicted in a graph and
predict what the future trend might be. Students will be given the
graphical data and be asked to choose the correct answer instead of
actually constructing a graph of their interpretation as they did in the
old constructed response item format. The student and interpretation
of graphs needs to be a part of your social studies curriculum.
- Guidelines
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Samples
How
Can a School District Best Prepare for the Social Studies MEAP?
A number of items have been made available to schools by the MEAP
office to help them prepare their students for a successful social studies
MEAP experience. Many of these aids have been communicated to Macomb
County schools in previous communications. Some of these items
include:
- Michigan Content Expectations - Make sure your social studies
curriculum is in alignment with the Social Studies Content Expectations.
The Michigan Citizenship Curriculum is one example.
- Released MEAP Items - Schools are allowed to use MEAP
Released Items for instructional or practice purposes. Items (with
answers) have been available since 1999. These items can be found
at:
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-22709_31168_31175---,00.html
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