Maryland Schools Top Nation in Advanced Placement Tests Ranking

The numbers in Howard County are even higher than statewide results.

Maryland students have once again secured a number one ranking—this time in the number of students scoring a 3 or higher out of five on an Advanced Placement test. The state moved up from 27.9 percent in 2011 to 29.6 percent in 2012, the highest percentage in the nation, according to a report released by the College Board Wednesday. A total of 48.2 percent of Maryland students took the exam in 2012, up from 46.4 the previous year. In comparison, 28 percent of all Howard County high school students, including over half of the seniors enrolled in an AP class in 2012, with 82 percent also taking the corresponding exam. In addition, 82 percent of the exams resulted in a score of 3 or higher, with 56 percent scoring a 4 or higher, according to …

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National School Boards Association: Federal Cuts Would Deliver Crippling Blow to Public Education

The association's leaders claimed that there would be more than $4 billion in federal funding cuts in public education nationwide if sequestration provisions are implemented.

The National School Boards Association warns that congressional inaction could force the implementation of sequestration provisions, causing critical harm to the public education system.   At a Wednesday afternoon media teleconference, Deborah Rigsby, the organization's director of federal legislation, said that if legistlators did not take action before the first round of cuts take places on Jan. 2, 2013, public education will stand to lose more than $4 billion over the next 10 years nationwide in federal funding. Ostensibly, she said, school districts would lose $82,000 for every $1 million provided at the federal level for programming including Title I and special education. "The sequestration fund cuts could result in high class sizes…

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Maryland Public Schools First in the Nation

Education Week rankings put Maryland at the top for the fourth year in a row.