Maryland

		REPORT CARD
		NAEP exams		% Scoring proficient
		1996 8th grade math		24%
		1996 4th grade math		22%
		1996 8th grade science		25%
		1994 4th grade reading		26%
		QUALITY COUNTS 1999 grades
		Standards and assessments		A
		Efforts to raise teacher quality		B
		School climate		F
		Resources (funding):
			Adequacy	B-
			Equity	C
			Allocation	C-

M aryland has pushed forward on several fronts over the past year. It drafted new K-12 content standards, although the American Federation of Teachers found that the English standards, in particular, could still use some work. The state also set a schedule to implement new high school graduation tests, provided more money for poorer school districts, and continued to work with Baltimore to overhaul its schools.

* NOTE: The equity grade is based on 1994-95 data, the most recent available.

© 1999 Editorial Projects in Education

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