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MEDIA CONTACT: \u00a0<\/p>\n State moves up on National Assessment of Educational Progress<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n BALTIMORE (January 29, 2025)<\/b> \u2013 Maryland student achievement scores on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed modest improvement in mathematics and continued progress in reading.<\/span><\/p>\n Known as the Nation\u2019s Report Card, NAEP is a congressionally-mandated biennial assessment of fourth and eighth grade reading and math performance. NAEP is the only test administered nationwide that allows direct comparison of student achievement across states and participating districts.<\/span><\/p>\n Maryland NAEP scores and state rankings have dropped sharply over the last decade. This year, reading results held steady, similar to the trends observed on the <\/span>Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) proficiency rates<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe still have a long way to go, but there\u2019s reason to feel hopeful about our results,\u201d said <\/span>Dr. Carey M. Wright, State Superintendent of Schools<\/b>. \u201cOur literacy investments in the Science of Reading are paying off and our youngest learners are rebounding in mathematics. We have deeply committed teachers in Maryland, and we are going to continue investing in them. Our government and philanthropic partners are showing their trust in our work through more funding and grants.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cToday\u2019s achievement results indicate steady progress across the board, signaling that equitable investments in public education through the Blueprint for Maryland\u2019s Future are beginning to pay off,\u201d said <\/span>Dr. Joshua Michael, State Board of Education President<\/b>. \u201cAnd, we are encouraged by the promising results in early literacy, where we\u2019ve focused our attention and resources.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The State Board set a statewide <\/span>aspirational target<\/span><\/a> for Maryland to rank among the top 10 states in reading on the fourth- and eighth-grade National Assessment for Educational Proficiency (NAEP) exams by 2027. <\/span>Although results have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels, Maryland has improved its ranking among other states for each grade and subject:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI have no doubt that with time and strategic investments in evidence-based practices, we will continue to see more improvement \u2014 and close the gap between our highest and lowest performing students,\u201d said Dr. Wright.<\/span><\/p>\n Last fall, the State Board of Education approved a comprehensive statewide literacy policy for prekindergarten through third grade to anchor instruction, interventions and learning objectives. Similar work will begin this year to develop a mathematics policy.<\/span><\/p>\n MSDE has received substantial investments from philanthropic partners to urgently improve teaching and learning:<\/span><\/p>\n The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a project of the National Center for Education Statistics. NAEP tests students in a nationally representative sample of schools in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), and select urban school districts. Approximately 3,000 students are tested in each grade-subject per state. Scores are categorized into four performance levels: Advanced, Proficient, Basic, and Below Basic. Results are disaggregated by jurisdictions and student demographics.<\/span><\/p>\n ###<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maryland student achievement scores on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed modest improvement in mathematics and continued progress in reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":231,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsreleases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/231"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87977"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87986,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87977\/revisions\/87986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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raven.hill@maryland.gov<\/a><\/p>\nMaryland Students Improve on National Math and Reading Tests<\/h2>\n
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