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Educators, counselors urge committee to remove SAT writing requirement and optionalize MME score reporting
Summary
Witnesses told the House Education and Workforce Committee that House bills 45‑56 and 45‑57 would reduce unnecessary testing, relieve student exhaustion and put Michigan students on a more equal footing with applicants from test-optional states by removing the separate SAT writing sample and allowing optional transcript reporting of MME scores.
Representatives and education advocates told the Michigan House Committee on Education and Workforce on Jan. 28 that two bipartisan bills, House Bills 45‑56 and 45‑57, would reduce testing time, relieve student stress and eliminate a reporting requirement that can disadvantage Michigan students in college admissions.
Patrick O'Connor, government relations chair for the Michigan Association for College Admission Counseling, said Michigan law currently requires all Michigan Merit Exam scores to be placed on student transcripts and argued that many colleges no longer require SAT scores for admission. "Since many colleges no longer require SAT scores for admission, this current law means many Michigan public school students are providing information that can hurt their chances of college admission," O'Connor said.
The bills would remove the statutory requirement to place MME scores on transcripts and remove the…
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