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High School Assessments
Officials call high school assessment criticisms irrelevant to Md.
- The Maryland High School Assessment measures high schoolers’ competency in key subjects and is not related to the high-stakes tests slammed in recent university studies, officials said.
Parents, students say ax the graduation test for Maryland high schoolers
- Parents, students and activists pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday to scrap Maryland’s high school graduation exams, arguing thousands of high schoolers would fail, many of them because of poor teaching.
- Parents, students and activists pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday to scrap Maryland’s high school graduation exams, arguing thousands of high schoolers would fail, many of them because of poor teaching.
Principals: Paying students for test scores works
- From Texas to New York, principals say giving students cash for better performance buys higher test scores and more enthusiasm.
Better test scores = $, and city school kids love it
- Cash for doing better on state tests?
New bill would hasten grading of High School Assessments
- The dreaded state tests come in January and May, but summer vacation’s almost gone by the time students receive results.
School board to discuss graduation assessments
- Lingering questions remain about how changes to the High School Assessment tests by the Maryland Department of Education earlier this month will affect the students required to take the exams in order to graduate, Montgomery County Public School officials said.