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Board members agreed to not try for a waiver that would release them from the governor's post-Labor Day start mandate.

Howard and Carroll counties can teach the rest of Maryland about PARCC test

Santelises' goal: 5-7 percent annual growth in PARCC scores by her third year.

PARCC test results demonstrate the advantages inherent in affluent school districts

Carroll schools came away with higher testing scores than many of their counterparts newly released data from the State Department of Education shows.

Carroll County students, teachers and parents should take some pride in being among the best in the state when it comes to standardized testing scores on both the PARCC and SAT.

Howard County and Carroll County students scored better in nearly every grade and subject on Maryland's annual standardized tests — widening the gap between other Baltimore area school systems, which had mixed results.

The scores for Harford County Public Schools students on state and national standardized tests have dropped slightly, but they remain above the state and national averages for students at all grade levels.

Maryland education officials are expected to release data Tuesday morning showing how public school students did on the state’s annual standardized PARCC test.

As the new deputy director of MarylandCAN, I was excited to take my first crack at collecting and analyzing PARCC data for my home state. But as I sifted through the website that houses PARCC data, I felt my heart and stomach begin to sink.

Despite discussion over the amount of standardized testing in public schools from the Carroll County Public Schools Board of Education this week, the possibility of less testing remains unclear.

What good are standardized tests? City school students see them as wasteful and counter-productive

A student's assessment of the PARCC tests

More than 100 high school students from across the city walked out of classes Friday and rallied peacefully outside Baltimore school headquarters to protest standardized testing.

Does anyone really believe that the students in Harford County Public Schools who took last year's Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test, also known as PARCC, were being better prepared for college or careers than students in other Maryland public school districts?

Maryland doesn't need a 'two-tier' high school diploma or other adjustment to graduation standards

Watering down the exam that tests students on the Common Core defeats the whole purpose of higher academic standards

Since most Maryland students didn't pass a tough new test that eventually will be required for graduation, should the state lower the bar? The state school board began considering the question Tuesday as members discussed options including setting a lower passing grade or offering a second-tier diploma for students who finish required high school courses but can't pass the PARCC test now used in a dozen states.

Maryland students taking the new statewide standardized test did better when they took the English tests on paper.

Based on the results of last year's PARCC standardized tests, Harford County Public Schools students can still attain success with low-tech tools, even as school leaders continue to decry the absence of the latest technology in their classrooms.

Educators, lawmakers urge passage of bills limiting school testing

A bill introduced in the General Assembly Thursday would limit standardized testing for kindergarten students and prevent any future testing of prekindergarten students.

Education is about teaching excellence, not labeling students based on standardized tests

As a parent and a Maryland school district principal, I know that looking at the PARCC results can cause anxiet, but I also see it as a big opportunity. Used effectively, score reports can be a useful and powerful tool for building on students' academic success and helping them achieve their potential.

Century High School will host a seminar for parents to provide information about new testing and curriculum requirements on Wednesday.

What does Nancy Grasmick think of PARCC?

Harford County Public School students completed the state's first year of PARCC, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, standardized tests.

Much like their high school counterparts, elementary and middle school students in Harford County Public Schools scored well above the state average on Maryland's new standardized PARCC test.

An increase in the amount of time students spend taking state-mandated assessments such as the PARCC, or Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, has prompted Carroll County Public Schools officials to consider abandoning comprehensive final exams for high school credit-bearing courses.

New Assesssment tests and standards may not be perfect, but they are finally giving parents, educators and taxpayers a much more honest assessment of how our children are doing.

Scores released this morning by the Maryland State Department of Education indicate that Carroll County Public Schools elementary and middle school students outperformed statewide averages on the PARCC or Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers assessment in both math and English, although many did not meet the new, more rigorous standards.

Approximately half of Howard County students passed new state English assessments administered to grades 3 through 8 last spring, according to results released by the Maryland Department of Education on Tuesday. County scores were worse on the mathematics assessments, which more than half of fourth through eighth graders failed.

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Many people say they will never need to understand algebra "in the real world." Most of us, however, unthinkingly use algebra every day to figure out, for example, our interest, cash flow or credit card balances. If PARCC results indicate that the majority of our high school students are failing to understand algebra, it's not too farfetched to say that the majority of them also would not do well with other aspects of mathematics and personal finance, and that's something none of us can afford.

If we are serious about helping our students succeed, we must offer more rigorous classes, expand and improve college counseling and do a better job of communicating with students and parents about how they are progressing — from early years through high school — toward college readiness.

Like it or not, some form of testing to measure student achievement in public schools is here to stay in this country.

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.

Statewide scores released Thursday that reflect Maryland students' knowledge of Algebra I might have parents questioning why high school math scores are so low — especially when middle school scores were generally higher. High schools across Maryland — even those generally known as high performers — had lackluster or poor results on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test. But some middle schools that feed into high schools showed test

Although students in Carroll County outperformed statewide averages on new high school assessments that were first administered last academic year, more than half of students failed to meet standards in English and algebra, according to results released by the Maryland State Department of Education Thursday.

While the average score on last year's PARCC English and math exams was dismally low for secondary students in public schools across Maryland, Harford County Public Schools students scored well above the state average, according to test results released Thursday afternoon.

Less than half of Howard County students met standards for algebra and English on new statewide exams, according to results released by the Maryland State Department of Education on Thursday. But county officials stressed that these results are not cause for alarm.

Students at Laurel High School fared worse than their peers on the county and state level on new standardized tests, according to results released by the Maryland State Department of Education on Thursday.

The old reading wars are at the heart of Maryland's PARCC failures.

It's not just students who are in crisis. So is our national education leadership.

Poor results raise possibility teachers told students to not take PARCC test seriously in an effort to raise salaries

Students, teachers and parents are fed up with testing and the frustration shows in PARCC scores

Here are five steps Baltimore City parents, students and teachers should take to ensure PARCC success.

Maryland's performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress assessment — also known as the "Nation's Report Card" — put Maryland student achievement in the middle of the pack of states nationwide.

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.