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[quote=Anonymous]https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-performance-on-parcc-tests-exceeds-state-average-but-high-school-passage-rates-declined/

[quote]English scores
Thirteen of Maryland’s 24 public school systems saw improvements in English language arts scores for elementary and middle school students. In Montgomery County, the number of elementary school students passing the English test, 51.2 percent, ticked up slightly since last year with an increase of 1.3 percentage points.
Montgomery County, along with several other counties in the state, saw a sharp drop in the percentage of students passing the Grade 10 English exam. In Montgomery County, the number of students passing the exam dropped by 8 percentage points compared to a year earlier. About 56.2 percent of county 10th– graders passed the exam, placing Montgomery County seventh in the state on that indicator.

Math scores

Statewide, 34.1 percent of students in third- through eighth-grade passed the math exam, a 1 percentage point increase from a year earlier. Nine school systems in the state saw an increase in the percentage of elementary and middle school students passing the math exam.

In Montgomery County, 44.2 percent of elementary and middle school students met or exceeded expectations on math exams. That also represents a slight increase, 1.1 percentage points, over last year. Montgomery County was ranked seventh in the state for its passage rate.

MCPS said 50.2 percent of students in grades three through five scored at a performance level of 4 or 5 last year, compared to the statewide average of 39.5 percent. About 33.7 percent of students in sixth through eighth grade passed the exam, compared to 26.9 percent statewide, according to MCPS.

Across the state, fewer than a third of students, about 31.2 percent, who took the Algebra I exam passed. That figure represents a 5.3 percentage point decrease from a year earlier.

The percentage of MCPS students passing the state’s Algebra I exam decreased by 2.3 percentage points; about 40.6 percent of students met or exceeded expectations. Montgomery County ranked ninth in the state for this measure.[/quote][/quote]

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