In February of last year a local news station in Baltimore published a shocking report about the state of the city’s schools.
The Maryland State Department of Education recently released the 2022 state test results known as MCAP, Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program.
Baltimore City’s math scores were the lowest in the state. Just 7 percent of third through eighth graders tested proficient in math, which means 93 percent could not do math at grade level…
Project Baltimore found, in 23 Baltimore City schools, there were zero students who tested proficient in math. Not a single student.
Obviously if you have entire schools where not a single student can do math at grade level, you have a serious problem. If I were a parent in Baltimore, I’d want to immediately know which schools those were to make sure my child was never sent to one of those schools.
The Maryland state…
