Michigan
Michigan is one of three sites in the study. The state has 33 institutions that certify elementary teachers, with approximately 4600 students obtaining certification each year. The schools are:
| School |
# Certified 2004-5 |
| Eastern Michigan University |
551 |
| Western Michigan University |
536 |
| Grand Valley State University |
482 |
| Wayne State University |
437 |
| Central Michigan University |
351 |
| Michigan State University |
331 |
| Oakland University |
319 |
| Saginaw Valley State Univ. |
253 |
| Univ. of Michigan - Flint |
209 |
| Spring Arbor University |
134 |
| Aquinas College |
124 |
| Univ. of Michigan - Dearborn |
121 |
| Northern Michigan University |
109 |
| Univ. of Michigan - Ann Arbor |
102 |
| Calvin College |
101 |
| Hope College |
83 |
| Madonna University |
81 |
| Marygrove College |
51 |
| Cornerstone University |
45 |
| Olivet College |
40 |
| Lake Superior State University |
39 |
| Ferris State University |
37 |
| Siena Heights University |
31 |
| University of Detroit Mercy |
23 |
| Adrian College |
21 |
| Concordia University |
15 |
| Finlandia |
15 |
| Albion College |
14 |
| Alma College |
10 |
| Andrews University |
* |
| Baker |
* |
| Hillsdale College |
* |
| Rochester |
* |
* Fewer than 10
Michigan requires either a subject area major and minor; or three minors for elementary certification. The state gives its own tests for certification, the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification, MTTC. Candidates for elementary certificates must pass the Basic Skills Test and the Elementary-Level Education MTTC. Those being endorsed for grades 6-8 must also pass the appropriate subject area test(s).
The NAEP State Profiles for Michigan indicate that the state has mathematics scores that are about average for the nation at both 4th and 8th grade assessments. There were no significant changes in Michigan scores overall or within racial and ethinic categories over the 2003 tests. In 2005, the percent proficient on the 4th grade mathematics test in Michigan was 38; for eighth grade, the proficient was 29. By contrast, the proficiency rates on the state's 2005 MEAP (MIchigan Educational Assessment Program) test were 73% for 4th graders and 62% for eighth graders.
In the Quality Counts 2006 study, Michigan rates high in standards and accountability, but low in efforts to improve teacher quality. In fact, on the teacher quality scale, it ranked almost at the bottom, 48th in the nation. Michigans' "grades" on the four scales included in Quality Counts are:
- Standards and accountability: B
- Efforts to improve teacher quality: D
- School climate: C-
- Resource equity: C-
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