School Improvement in Maryland

Expanding Perspectives on High School Assessments

High School Assessments have been the focus of a number of state board meetings recently. These expanding perspectives topics update you on why we should support HSA, how students are performing on HSA, how school districts are supporting student success on HSA and whether we are on schedule for diploma-tagged HSA.

Are the high school assessments on schedule?

"We want to be sure that Maryland is in the forefront of academic excellence. We believe that every student can achieve, and we're going to do our best to be sure that happens." —Nancy Grasmick


Board Presentation - Now Playing
February 28, 2007

Nancy Grasmick asks the board for time beyond 2009 for Special Education students, English language learners, and those students with special learning plans. She describes alternatives available now and those being piloted or developed including comp-HSA, ALT-HSA, and MOD-HSA.