Ranking - Maryland State Department of Education
[Pages:1]Maryland's public schools
Maryland is #1 in the percentage of high schools offering and students taking college-level courses on the America's Top Public High Schools List.
are #1 in the
Maryland has the highest percentage of rigorous high schools on the
country!
list, and almost 32% of Maryland high school students attend one of the 83 Maryland schools on the list.
- Newsweek Magazine
Maryland earned the nation's highest
score (96.4%) in Transitions & Alignment--
how well preK?12 education is aligned with early learning and college and career expectations. Maryland earned a B+ (88.2%)
Maryland ranks 1st in the nation in the percentage of high school students who earn a
on children's Chance for Success--based
college-mastery score on at least one AP exam.
on a variety of educational and economic outcomes--for a national rank of 5. On the third graded category, School Finance, Maryland earned a B (85.4%) and a rank of 9. When these indicators were combined with
Nearly a quarter of the class of 2008 (23.4 percent) earned a score of 3-5 on at least one AP (Advanced Placement) exam, a jump of 5.7 percent over the past five years.
- College Board
Maryland's 2008 scores for K?12 Achievement;
Standards, Assessments, and Accountability; and
Teacher Quality, Maryland was judged to be the
Scores on the ACT college-admission exam
nation's best state for education.
- Education Week
rose in 2008--even as participation spiked.
2008-09
Ranking
The class of 2008 earned an average composite score of 22.0, up from 21.6 last year; that's well above the national average of 21.1. In fact, Maryland outpaces the nation
in all four subjects tested, even though the number of Maryland students taking the exam has jumped 49% since 2004.
- ACT
Maryland's
Public Schools
Maryland is one of six states to earn an "A" in college preparation.
Criteria included high school completion; performance on college-entrance and placement exams; percentage of students taking upper level math and science courses; and performance on national assessments.
- National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Maryland 8th graders posted the U.S.'s 4th-largest four-year gain on the national math exam.
Maryland ranks 9th in the U.S. in preschool access for 4-year-olds.
But scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) aren't just rising; gaps are closing. Maryland's 4th-graders
Thirty-seven percent of Maryland's 4-year-olds are served in state-funded prekindergarten.
- National Institution of Early Education Research
rank 6th in the U.S. for narrowing the
reading gap between students in poverty and their wealthier peers. Eighth-graders snagged the same ranking for shrinking
Statewide, 302 teachers earned teaching's top credential--national certification.
the poverty gap in math.
- National Center for Education Statistics
Maryland's 2008 total, a new state record, is 9th nationwide; the state's overall total--1,366 nationally certified teachers--is 15th.
- National Board of Professional Teaching Starndards
Nancy S. Grasmick
State Superintendent of Schools
Martin O'Malley
Governor
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