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Michigan Educational Assess­
ment Program (MEAP) read­
ing tests, given every year in all
three gr des . ce 1973, h ve
been changed.
Instead of testing isolated
reading skills, the new test
mea ures howell a student
understands what he or he has
re d.
The old MEAP reading tests
contained lists of questions and
occasional short (two-or-three­
paragraph) reading selections.
The new tests have two long
read' selections --- a story and
an informational selection like
that found in a social tudies or
ci nee textbook,
An even bigger difference,
state and local officials point
out, is th t the new MEAP read­
ing test scores cannot be com­
pared to last year's test results,
because new higher st ndard
is being used to measure h w
well students are doing.
But curriculum Ie ders in
Highland Park nd around the
state will be in better position
to help classroom teachers
determine individual student
reading abilities and needs, with
the new tests providing much
valuable information for
teachers.
MEAP officials in La ing
said th new MEAP reading
tests follow fiv years of re­
earch, planning, and discus-
Highland Park - For stu­
dents in the fourth, se cnth, nd
1 grades in Highland P r
public schools, the st t� . de
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law co�nc I says it never got
Blac well appointed ttor­
ney Victoria Abdellah to draft
an amendment that would r -
quire residency and stand up in
the court.
The charter change w uld
hav to be voted on by the
peopl before taking effect.
However, in 19 BI ckwell
wa ucceeded by a new may ,
Martha G. it, nd uncil
member aid h filed to ct
on th ir r que t t give the
council thi m terial,
A deliah, who i currently
working as a p cia] coun I for
the council, states th t sh can-
hnot give the council a copy of I.
er wording, b cause t the
time she drafted it, she w at­
torn y Cor the Mayor of High­
land Park. To reveal this
. nformation without the ap­
:�:�:::�:�:�:�:�:�:�:�:�:�:�:�:}�{{{:�:t:}�{:�:�:�:}�{{:' proval of the present mayor, she
contends, would be violation
of attorney/client confiden­
tiality.
The council also charges the
Scott Administration with
failure to give legal advice on
amending the section of the
charter which empowers the
Council members to it on the
Board of Review. It h been
charged the Council members
are too susceptible to political
pressure to he r ppe Is on
property tax ssessments.
Some council member
claim that this would represent
a conflict of interest.
At the eptember 1 council
meeting, City Attorney D rnell
Dicker on cI ims he recently
g ve thi inform tion to the
council taff, but mem r . d
they never received it.
When asked by the Michigan
itizen, Dicker on agreed to
gi,ve this m terial to this
new p per.
Under Dickerson' amend­
ment, the Board f Review
w uld:
- C n ist of five resident
and voters.
- Be ppointed by the city
council for one yr.
- Be "Represent tive of a
cross-section of the com­
munity."
- Be" far as pos ible" of
"different professions and oc­
cupation and persons having
knowledge of and familiarity'
with re 1 estate property value ,
e ment practice and taxa­
ion."
- NOT be members of any
other city agency, board,
department, commission or
other division of the city .
- Could be dismissed
"without cause" by a majority of
city council members.
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City .attcme
HIGHLAND K. - For a long
time members of the Highland
. Park City Council have charged
the con Administration with
failure to provid the wording
for a ballot propo al thai would
amend the city charter require­
ments for residency.
Council al 0 wants to ee the
wording of the m ndment that
would ta e them off the board
of review.
The council was told under
the administration of former
Mayor Robert B. Blackwell that
wording in the amendment
which requires all employ e
outside of the Public Safety
Department be residents had to
be changed or it could be over­
ruled in th courts.
ion, with work by more than
1,500 Michigan educators.
Michigan is the fir t state to
develop such a test of reading .
comprehension, and Michigan
Department of Education offi­
cials said many states re
anxiously awaiting results of the
new tests here.
MEAP Tests in Highland
Park public schools began on
Sept. 18 in grades 4, 7, and 10.
All MEAP testing hould be
completed here by Oct. 13.
State officials are currently
revising the statewide math
tests and are planning a new
• writing test.
Community to
elcome HP
princ pal ith
nOpen Arms"
H.GIILAND PK - The Far­
rand ParkIMcLean BI ck Club
is inviting the public to welcome
the new Highland Park High
School Princip I Dr. Gerald
Golden with "Open' Arms '. ,
An Open Arm R cpt ion
will be held at the Highland
Park Community College Com­
mons on Thursdayu, October 5
from 5 to 7 p.m.
"Please join us with open
arms 0 welcome Dr. Golden in
the Highland Park tradition of
upport for education," aid
evius Harden, Secretary of th
Block Club.
R P frequ ncy
An estimated 18% of Black
women in America have been
raped. But ccording to the
oon to be released boo "Black
Sex: Attitudes &. Pradicea" only
about one in five of the women
reported the r pe to the police.
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