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Howard County schools were above the state average on all PARCC assessments. Going forward, however, Maryland is looking to replace the test with another that aligns to the Common Core standards and is a shorter exam, an official from Howard County School System says. - People in Maryland should celebrate that the state is going to abandon the PARCC standardized test. But it will not improve public education or satisfy critics of standardized testing. The only way to improve public education in Maryland is to replace the Common Core standards.
- Maryland has good reasons to abandon the PARCC exam, but whatever it replaces the test with should be just as rigorous.
- Anyone running for governor ought to pledge to rid Maryland of its horrible standardized tests.
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- Uproar over computers in Baltimore County classrooms is well justified.
- Commissioner discusses Freedom Plan, fields questions from area residents
- One survey found that college students could more readily identify Kim Kardashian than Joe Biden. No college may be able to change that, but it is possible to better equip Marylanders for citizenship. As Thomas Jefferson argued, a functioning democracy needs an electorate thinking clearly about public issues. The Every Student Succeeds Act that replaced the No Child Left Behind law gives Maryland the power to reexamine its adherence to the Common Core and the tests that they spawned. The states
- Mary Kowalski, a lifelong Carroll County resident, hopes to bring stronger academic programs and keep an eye on corruption this election season.
- A Carroll County resident running for board of elections was fired from the school system last week.
- Incoming state school superintendent Karen Salmon must be a powerful advocate for reform
- Watering down the exam that tests students on the Common Core defeats the whole purpose of higher academic standards
- Results from the myriad of standardized tests that students take every year can tell you a lot of things, especially when you look beyond the numbers.
- The old reading wars are at the heart of Maryland's PARCC failures.
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- Maryland got a dose of harsh reality from its students low scores on new standardized tests. We shouldn't back away from that sobering truth.
- Maryland hasn't finished giving the new statewide tests introduced this spring, but already school leaders have decided to scale back the number of tests and the hours students will have to sit for them next year.
- Roughly half of Maryland's kindergartners were deemed ready to tackle a more rigorous curriculum that's being rolled out in schools, according to the results of a new state assessment released Tuesday.
- In the age of social media, the means by which students cheat have evolved from passing notes or looking over a shoulder. So, too, have efforts to stop them.
- Utilizing input from parents, students, staff and community members, the Howard County Public School System launched the Family Math Support Center in August.
