After being ranked first in the nation for education for more than a
decade, Maryland is seeing its scores in a key national test drop for
fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math.
The state's performance
on the National Assessment of Educational Progress assessment — also
known as the "Nation's Report Card" — put Maryland student achievement
in the middle of the pack of states nationwide.
In results released Wednesday, Maryland was the only state to have falling scores in both subjects in both grades tested...
...In 2013, Maryland's scores were found to be inflated after it was
determined that the state excluded high percentages of special education
students from the reading exam. For example, 66 percent of
fourth-graders with disabilities were excluded in the reading test in
2013, far higher than the national rate of 16 percent.
This year,
state officials reported an exclusion rate of 3.6 percent in
fourth-grade reading compared with 12.6 percent in 2013; and only 4.7
percent of eighth graders were excluded, down from 9.2 percent in 2013...
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-ci-naep-scores-20151029-story.html
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