Overview

• Statewide MCAP results released Tuesday show a third straight year of improvement across most grades and subjects, with English Language Arts proficiency at 50.8%.
• Math proficiency stands at 26.5%, and state accountability leaders call the widening gap with English performance alarming.
• Maryland has updated math standards, though officials say it is too early for those changes to appear in this year’s scores.
• Superintendent Carey Wright made science-of-reading methods mandatory and is deploying literacy coaches this school year to reinforce instruction.
• District results diverge, with Worcester nearing 70% proficiency in English, Dorchester posting the largest English gains, and Eastern Shore districts recording notable math improvements while advocates urge sustained legislative funding for literacy supports.