MICHIGAN (WNEM) - Test scores for the 2023 M-STEP state assessments show all tested grades improved in science and social studies, six of seven tested grades improved in math, and three tested grades ...

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) said student state assessment scores from this past spring dipped from the last time that students were given statewide assessments in the spring of 2019.

Some parents refuse to have their children take the M-STEP because of their reservations about the state-mandated test. Schools may face penalties if not enough students take the standardized test.