How and when are scores reported?

Within nine weeks after testing, the scoring company sends students’ scores to the local school system. The local school system then sends the scores to parents. Scores for schools, school systems, and the state are published annually in mid-August on the Web at www.mdreportcard.org.

Students’ scores are reported as scale scores. Maryland uses a scale score to provide a more precise measurement of a student’s achievement and to assure that tests given at different times are comparable. Students’scores can range from 240 to 650 on the scale. Local school systems place students’ HSA performance on the students’ official records.