Our Assessment Vision

We align assessments directly to TPS learning outcomes and curriculum. We use learner assessment data consistently and effectively to understand and explain each learner’s progress, to provide a feedback loop to educators regarding learning strategies, and to help TPS educators and leaders to continuously improve student learning results.

Learning is monitored daily through the use of formative assessments in the classroom. To monitor learning growth and achievement throughout the year, the following assessment is also used:

• NWEA MAP Growth is a computer adaptive test created by NWEA that learners take three times per school year. The results provide facilitators with the information needed to deliver appropriate content for each learner and determine each learner’s academic growth over time.

*A formative assessment is one of a variety of methods that facilitators use to evaluate subject-area comprehension, learning needs, and academic progress during a lesson, unit, or project. They help facilitators identify those concepts that a learner easily grasps, and the learning standards they have not yet met. This allows for flexibility in instruction for areas where additional academic support may be needed.

GRADING, GPA, AND TRANSCRIPT PROCESSES

For more information about the Competency Based Grading Scale and conversion to a traditional GPA, please download the Grading Information Sheet.

Michigan's Read by Grade Three Law

Being a good reader is critical for children to be successful in school. In 2016, the Michigan Legislature passed a law that requires schools to identify learners who are struggling with reading and writing and to provide additional help. The law states third graders may repeat third grade if they are more than one grade level behind beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.

The impact of this law began with the kindergarten class of 2017-2018. Tecumseh Public Schools educators immediately began a documented plan to assist these students and all of our early learners.

The Michigan Department of Education offers several resources about the Read by Grade Three Law. They are intended to help families understand the law so they can better support their children.

Facts for Families: What is the Read by Grade Three Law?

• How is my child identified as having a reading problem?

• When is an Individualized Reading Improvement Plan (IRIP) developed?

• What is the 'Read at Home' plan?

Facts for Families: What is a Good Cause Exemption Process?

• Who can ask for a Good Cause Exemption?

• What does the law offer as a Good Cause Exemption?

• How do I request a Good Cause Exemption?

Early Literacy - Read by Grade Three Law

• Parent Resources

• Literacy tips for Parents

• Read by Grade Three Information for Parents

Tecumseh Public Schools also supports a Read at Home Plan for families that provides additional information about supporting reading at home.

760 Brown Street, Suite 200
Tecumseh, MI 49286
Phone: 517-423-2167

Richard W. Hilderley, Superintendent
Email: rhilderley@tps.k12.mi.us