Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland
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[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of Maryland school district websites
[edit] The good
[edit] The bad
[edit] Board of education
Below is a list of current Board of Education members:[1]
| Member | District |
|---|---|
| Verjeana M. Jacobs, Esq., Chair | At-Large |
| Ron L. Watson, Ph.D. , Vice Chair | At-Large |
| Donna Hathaway Beck | At-Large |
| Amber P. Waller | At-Large |
| Rosalind A. Johnson | District 1 |
| Heather Iliff | District 2 |
| Pat J. Fletcher | District 3 |
| Linda Thornton Thomas | District 4 |
| R. Owen Johnson, Jr | District 5 |
| Edward Burroughs, III, Student Representative |
[edit] Teacher contracts
[edit] School budget
[edit] Academic performance
Maryland measures academic progress each year by administering the Maryland School Assessment, the Alternate Maryland School Assessment (for students with disabilities), and the Maryland High School Assessments.[2]
[edit] HSA performance
The chart below details the percentage passing the following subjects:[3]
| Grade | Overall | Algebra | Biology | English | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 12 | 99.4% | 74.7% | 67.8% | 80.5% | 84.8% |
| Grade 11 | 79.9% | 75.1% | 66.8% | 72.6% | 82.3% |
| Grade 10 | 69.9% | 69% | 63% | 66.5% | 71.9% |
[edit] MSA performance
The chart below details the percentage passing the following subjects:[3]
| Grade | Math | Reading | Science |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 43.2% | 67.3% | 39.8% |
| Grade 7 | 53.1% | 70.7% | - |
| Grade 6 | 67.5% | 75.9% | - |
| Grade 5 | 68.7% | 81% | 49.7% |
| Grade 4 | 81.3% | 77.2% | - |
| Grade 3 | 74.2% | 74.3% | - |
Newsweek magazine named Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Oxon Hill High School, High Point High School, Bowie High School, and Charles H. Flowers High School to its 2009 America's Top Public High Schools list.
Schools are ranked on the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students in a school in 2008 divided by the number of graduating seniors. The schools represent the top 6 percent of all public high schools ranked in this way.[4]
[edit] Unions
[edit] School choice
[edit] External links
[edit] References
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