Michigan § 388.1081 - Assessment of educational progress and remedial assistance; purposes.
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§ 388.1081. Assessment of educational progress and remedial assistance; purposes.
A statewide program of assessment of educational progress and remedial assistance in the basic skills of students in reading, mathematics, language arts and/or other general subject areas is established in the department of education which program shall:
Establish meaningful achievement goals in the basic skills for students, and identify those students with the greatest educational need in these skills.
Provide the state with the information needed to allocate state funds and professional services in a manner best calculated to equalize educational opportunities for students to achieve competence in such basic skills.
Provide school systems with strong incentives to introduce educational programs to improve the education of students in such basic skills and model programs to raise the level of achievement of students.
Develop a system for educational self-renewal that would continuously evaluate the programs and by this means help each school to discover and introduce program changes that are most likely to improve the quality of education.
Provide the public periodically with information concerning the progress of the state system of education. Such programs shall extend current department of education efforts to conduct periodic and comprehensive assessment of educational progress.
Source: official Michigan text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 388.1081 ("Assessment of educational progress and remedial assistance; purposes.") is part of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the codified statutory law of Michigan. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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