You may have seen a number of news articles and opinion pieces written around the state recently asking the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) to continue using the M-STEP for the math and English Language Arts portions of the eighth-grade state assessment, instead of the planned administration of the PSAT 8/9 assessment for those subjects.
MDE Memo: PSAT 8/9 Assessment for Eighth Grade
On Thursday, Nov. 1, the following Memo #157-18 was issued from MDE Interim State Superintendent Sheila A. Alles regarding the PSAT 8/9 Assessment for Eighth Grade.