This table shows overall 2002 index scores from the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program for Howard County third-, fifth- and eighth-grade pupils. The score is equivalent to the percentage of pupils who scored at a satisfactory level on the MSPAP test. Scores from 2001 are in parenthesis.

Third Grade:

Reading - 53 percent (60.1)

Writing - 55.7 (65.1)

Language uses - 58.4 (62.5)

Science - 46.9 (54.9)

Social studies - 46 (56.1)

Mathematics - 44.6 (57.8)

Fifth Grade:

Reading - 61.4 (66.5)

Writing - 54.6 (60.3)

Language uses - 70.3 (67.4)

Science - 76.3 (67.5)

Social studies - 67.2 (61.1)

Mathematics - 60.2 (60.2)

Eighth Grade:

Reading - 40.2 (39.8)

Writing - 56.4 (58.8)

Language uses - 60.4 (62.1)

Science - 64.3 (69.5)

Social studies - 65.5 (64.5)

Mathematics - 63.7 (67.3)