LANSING Mich.
Most of last academic year’s Michigan high school juniors did well enough on a new standardized test to eventually get some college scholarship money from the state.
But fewer than half of the students met or exceeded state standards in some of the subject areas and likely won’t get the scholarship cash up front, according to test results released Wednesday. That means they would have to wait until successfully completing some college work before receiving any of the up to $4,000 per student allocated through a scholarship program.
State officials said the first year of results on the new Michigan Merit Exam were about what they expected. The new test measures learning linked to tougher high school graduation standards that are being phased in during the next few years.
