From Sunshine Review
Somerset County is a
school district in
Maryland.
[edit] The good
[edit] The bad
[edit] Board of education
The Board of Education of Somerset County concerns itself primarily with broad questions of policy and governance rather than with administrative details. The application of policies is an administrative task to be performed by the Superintendent of Schools, who will be held responsible for the effective administration and supervision of the entire school system.[1]
Below is a list of current board of education members:[1]
[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 | 100% | 83.7% | 72% | 76.3% | 88.7%
|
| Grade 11 | 87.6% | 82% | 78.2% | 73.5% | 93.2%
|
| Grade 10 | 73.3% | 79.4% | 63.5% | 61.6% | 79.1%
|
[edit] MSA performance
The chart below details the percentage passing the following subjects:[3]
| Grade
| Math
| Reading
| Science
|
| Grade 8 | 45.8% | 67.7% | 55.6%
|
| Grade 7 | 66.2% | 81.3% | -
|
| Grade 6 | 78% | 77.3% | -
|
| Grade 5 | 80% | 91% | 62.4%
|
| Grade 4 | 82.1% | 85.2% | -
|
| Grade 3 | 81% | 80.5% | -
|
[edit] Unions
[edit] School choice
[edit] External links
[edit] References
