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Friday, September 30, 2011

Gazette: Nearly half of Montgomery’s 25 public high schools fail to meet testing goals

Nearly half of Montgomery’s 25 public high schools fail to meet testing goals
Six miss targets for second consecutive year or third time in four years
by Andrew Ujifusa, Gazette Staff Writer

"Nearly half of Montgomery County’s public high schools did not meet the state’s targets for success on statewide tests this year.

In data released Friday by the state education department, 12 of the 25 high schools in Montgomery County Public Schools did not make Adequate Yearly Progress on the High school Assessments, which measure reading and math performance on standardized tests."


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1 comment:

  1. During the past several years, two of the failing schools -- Col. Zadok Magruder HS and Gaithersburg HS -- were overseen by former Community Superintendent Adrian Talley.

    Mr. Talley was recently promoted to the position of Associate Superintendent, MCPS Office of Shared Accountability.

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