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State Department of Education under fire for manipulating test scores

April 28th, 2023 by WCBC Radio

The State Department of Education has come under fire recently for manipulating reporting of test scores, specifically in Baltimore County.  After the initial report on the past year’s MCAP testing revealed that 23 Baltimore City Schools had zero students proficient in math, the report was removed from the Maryland State Department of Education website and then reposted with much of the data missing.  Allegany County Board of Education member Bob Farrell commented that the data for Allegany County is posted and that shouldn’t change…

House Minority Leader Jason Buckel also added that Allegany County’s students do well on the annual standardized testing…