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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 558
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certain training, a certain system for verification of the accuracy of certain data,
and a public awareness campaign; requiring the Department to provide certain
technical support and serve as a certain repository; requiring certain reports;
requiring a certain report to be posted on a certain website; requiring the use of
certain graduation rates for certain purposes; defining certain terms; and
generally relating to the collecting, maintaining, analyzing, and reporting of
graduation rate and interim graduation rate data.
BY adding to
Article - Education
Section 7-203.2
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2004 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
Preamble
WHEREAS, The high schools of the State play an integral role in preparing
students for college and work in the 21st century; and
WHEREAS, It is of critical importance to the success of our economy, civic life,
and assurance of equal opportunity that public high schools provide this preparation;
and
WHEREAS, Without accurate data regarding graduation rates it is extremely
difficult to evaluate the efficacy of the State's system of public education; and
WHEREAS, Better information can lead to better policies and program
implementation; and
WHEREAS, Parents and community members, who are critical to ensuring
strong educational accountability, are hampered in their efforts to improve our
schools if they do not have accurate data; and
WHEREAS, It is of critical importance that accurate data be collected,
maintained, analyzed, and publicly reported by our State's education system with
respect to high school student graduation rates; and
WHEREAS, Existing data from independent researchers indicate that when
graduation rates are disaggregated by racial and ethnic groups, students with
disabilities, students who are limited English proficient, and socioeconomically
disadvantaged students, many of these subgroups are experiencing particularly low
rates of high school graduation; and
WHEREAS, The State of Maryland should be committed to developing and
implementing a student record data system with unique student identifiers that can
track students from kindergarten through postsecondary education; and
WHEREAS, The State of Maryland should be committed to maintaining a data
and public reporting system that accurately accounts for all students when
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