LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) released its 2025 Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress scores last week, showing improvement in the majority of state assessments.

Detailed results from Michigan's tough new standardized exam paint a worrisome picture for many schools in Detroit and will likely boost state efforts to fix what many see as a broken educational ...

Students usually only spend a handful of hours out of the school year taking state tests, known as the M-STEP in Michigan — less than 1% of school year instruction time, according to the Michigan ...