MCPS: Not #1 in Maryland

The Howard and Frederick county school systems scored slightly higher than Montgomery County under a new Maryland accountability system that will track an individual school’s progress against its own prior performance...click here for Washington Post article.

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Maryland State Department of Education Press Release on new Accountability Index

New Maryland Accountability Index

All Frederick Schools 1.06 All Carroll Schools 1.05 All Calvert Schools 1.04 All Howard Schools 1.04 All Queen Anne's Schools 1.04 All Worcester Schools 1.04 All Caroline Schools 1.02 All Garrett Schools 1.01 All Montgomery Schools 1.01 All Saint Mary's Schools 1.01 All Harford Schools 1 All Talbot Schools 1 All Cecil Schools 0.99 All Washington Schools 0.99 All Allegany Schools 0.98 All Anne Arundel Schools 0.98 All Baltimore County Schools 0.98 All Charles Schools 0.98 All Somerset Schools 0.97 All Baltimore City Schools 0.97 All Prince George's Schools 0.95 All Wicomico Schools 0.95 All Kent Schools 0.94 All Dorchester Schools 0.88