The Maryland State Board of Education is considering changes to its current school rating system, that critics say does not show student growth—but a rollout may not happen for another two years.
The board reviewed a report Tuesday from the Accountability Advisory Committee that recommends eliminating the current star system. School leaders have also said the system, which give schools from one to four stars, does not adequately describe the quality of a school and shortchanges schools with a large number of low-income students, which don’t earn as many stars as schools with students from higher-income families.
The discussion comes as the state’s annual report card, released last month, showed a third straight year of slight improvements, with 43% of schools earning four or five stars in the 2024-25 school year. That’s up from 41% in 2023-24.
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