Teachers' Guide: School Improvement in Maryland

What Do Teachers Need To Know?

Teaching Maryland Standards

What are my students expected to know and be able to do?
• Core Learning Goals • State Curriculum
What resources support my teaching the Maryland Content Standards?
What strategies help me teach most effectively?
• Mathematics • Reading/ELA • Science • Social Studies
Who at MSDE can answer my curriculum questions?
• Mathematics • Reading/ELA • Science • Social Studies

Understanding State Assessments

How does Maryland assess student learning? • MSA • HSA
What do the assessments test? • MSA • HSA • Mod-HSA
What do the assessments look like? • MSA • HSA
How are the assessments scored? • MSA • HSA

Analyzing Data Results

What can I learn from analyzing my school's performance on state assessments? • MSA • HSA • School Progress SPI

Using Classroom Data

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Teacher Resources

Websites with useful teaching and learning resources.

Item of the Week

Every week you'll find new sample questions to test your child’s readiness for the Maryland assessments.

Data Explorer

Use these multi-media tutorials to better understand your accountability data.

How MSDE Calculates Graduation Rate

How Dropout Rates are Calculated

Toolkit

Access more than 2300 Lesson Plans, Prerequisite Skills, Public Release Items to support classroom instruction.

Core Learning Goals Toolkit

English

Biology

Algebra/Data Analysis

Geometry

Government

“I intend to work closely with educators and parents to make certain our next generation is ready for the world that awaits.”

—Lillian M. Lowery
Maryland State Superintendent

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