School Improvement in Maryland

Item of the Week

Teachers and students can prepare for MSA and HSA with sample assessment items.

This week's MSA item

This week's HSA item

Data Explorer

Analyze interesting assessment data with this multi-media data explorer.

RECENT TUTORIALS
How many students are passing HSA?

How MSDE uses a Confidence Interval

Reading your AYP Reading Data

Reading your AYP Math Data

MD Common Core Curriculum Frameworks

These frameworks will form the foundation for Maryland's new state curriculum.

Educator Effectiveness Academies

As part of the Race to the Top grant, MSDE will conduct 11 regional academies.

Toolkit

Standard-based instructional tools that support teaching and learning.

Ron Peiffer, Deputy State Superintendent for Academic Policy

“MSDE has received a great deal of feedback from stakeholders strongly supporting HSA.”

Ron Peiffer, Former Deputy State Superintendent for Academic Policy