Student performance on state tests is staying stagnant, with just under half of Maryland K-12 students passing reading exams and less than a quarter achieving math proficiency last spring.
Fifth and eighth graders did even worse on science exams, with the overall fifth grade proficiency rate dropping by 10 percentage points over a one-year period. Gaps also persist across content areas for low-income, multilingual, Black and Hispanic students – as well as those with disabilities.
For example, only 10% of multilingual students achieved proficiency in reading statewide. Less than 7% of students with disabilities passed in math.
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