Overview

• Statewide 2025 MCAP results show 50.8% of students proficient in English and 26.5% in math, while science proficiency fell, including a sharp fifth‑grade drop to 23.9%.
• Performance gaps remain wide across districts and groups, with Worcester leading in English (68.5%) and math (47.7%) and Baltimore City at 31.2% and 12.6%, as multilingual learners posted 11.1% in English and 7.2% in math.
• Baltimore City reported continued gains — including a strong 10th‑grade English jump to 42.6% — yet remains among the lowest performing districts, with science proficiency at 10.3%.
• Other districts posted mixed but generally positive trends: Harford reached 60.2% in English and 28.4% in math; Carroll hit 66.5% and 40.5% with science up; Howard logged 65.2% in English, 42% in math, and a state‑best 42.1% in science.
• MSDE officials called the math‑reading gap alarming, credited literacy coaching tied to the science of reading for English gains, and set a tentative 2027 rollout for a redesigned math assessment.