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."

To read the complete Gazette story, click HERE.

State’s teachers praise national overhaul of standards - baltimoresun.com

State’s teachers praise national overhaul of standards - baltimoresun.com

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Electrifying quotes from the Baltimore Sun Article:

"New tests will replace the Maryland State Assessments and the High School Assessments as soon as 2013, according to state schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick."

"Grasmick said the standards will be more rigorous. Algebra will have to be taught by eighth grade; while most suburban school systems already do so, a much smaller percentage of city students learn algebra then."

What does this mean for the "Seven Keys" and the "80 by 2010" oops, make that "80 by 2014?" Will the glossy brochures have to be re-written? The videos re-made?

Hundreds of Md. graduates use test waivers | Washington Examiner

Hundreds of Md. graduates use test waivers | Washington Examiner

Students from MontCo, Pr. George's account for 62 percent of total

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100% Pass Rate in All Subgroups!

Today the Maryland State Department of Education released the results of the 2009 administration of the High School Assessments (HSA). 2009 was the first year that passing the HSAs was a Maryland graduation requirement.

The following Maryland Counties are showing that 100% of the 2009 - 12th graders took all 4 HSA tests and met the requirement in ALL subgroups (Amer. Indian/African American/Asian/White/Hispanic/Special Ed/LEP/FARMS)



Click on the County to see the detailed results.

Anne Arundel
Calvert
Carroll
Cecil
Charles
Garrett
Harford
Queen Anne's
Somerset
Washington
Worcester

Doubts emerge as statewide tests keep just 11 from diploma -- baltimoresun.com

Doubts emerge as statewide tests keep just 11 from diploma -- baltimoresun.com

...Bebe Verdery, education director for the Maryland ACLU, said board members should not worry that the standards are too low until more students can pass.

"School systems generally did a good job of supporting students to meet the high school requirement through alternate routes so there were not huge numbers of students who didn't graduate," Verdery said. "The fact remains however, that only two-thirds of the seniors were able to pass all four tests and that points toward the need to improve instruction.

"The number who did not meet the requirement does not include those who may have dropped out because they became discouraged and believed they would never pass. In the Class of 2009, 1,700 dropped out last year and 2,200 failed to graduate because they hadn't passed classes and the tests. About 10,000 students in the class had dropped out over the course of four years, said Leslie Wilson, who is in charge of testing for the state...

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