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What Do Board Members Need To Know?
Understanding Maryland Standards
- What are our students expected to know and be able to do?
- • K-8 • 9-12
- What resources support the teaching of the Maryland Content Standards?
Understanding State Assessments
Understanding NCLB and AYP
- What standards does NCLB and AYP require?
- How is AYP calculated in Maryland?
- How has my district and school performed on AYP?
- How do I read and interpret the AYP performance data?
- • Reading • Mathematics
Analyzing Data Results
Supporting Students on HSA
- How are districts and schools performing on HSA?
- What supports are in place to ensure students pass the HSA?
Welcome, Board Members
from Leslie Wilson, Asst. State Superintendent
This page was developed to provide you information to support your efforts in improving student achievement in your district or across the state. Let us know what you find useful and what changes you would like to see. You may want to bookmark this page as your mdk12.org homepage.
Recent Feedback
Board Members share their perspective on how MDK12.org has assisted their work.
“MDK12.org allows us to help our teachers look at trends in data, especially critical subgroups. We can monitor our targets as AMO increases each year. The questions/processes provided to guide us through analysis of data to impact instruction are extremely valuable.”
—McCutcheon, Laura and Hankins, Laura, Gaithersburg Elementary, MD
“This site has been instrumental! We will continue to surge forward as a professional learning community as long as we have the mdk12.org in our side pocket!”
—Lance Dempsey, Principal, Shady Grove Middle School
Expanding Perspectives
Are our students passing High School Assessments?
Other Questions
Why do we need high school assessments?
How do districts help ensure students pass the high school assessments?
Board Members' Resources
Additional websites to support your work.
Data Explorer
Learn how to read and analyze your school's performance on HSA and AYP.
News From The Board
April 28, 2008
Rebecca Bell 'greens' the Board, it approves restructuring plans for nine schools in three systems, discusses the Task Force report on African American males, and Rocco Aiello of St. Mary's County wins a national award. All in Board News April.
“We are all stakeholders in Maryland schools, dedicated to providing the best education for every student in the state. Working together we can make it happen.”
—Nancy S. Grasmick
Maryland State Superintendent
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