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MSDE updates board on college-and-career readiness and work to build an equitable dual-enrollment model
Summary
MSDE briefed the committee on shifting CCR standards and on efforts to design a coordinated, equity-focused dual-enrollment model; staff said a single Maryland model is still under development and announced plans to measure implementation and return with disaggregated outcomes.
MSDE staff updated the State Board’s Strategy & Operations Committee on college-and-career readiness (CCR) data and on efforts to coordinate dual-enrollment opportunities statewide to reduce randomness and increase equity.
Tim Guy, assistant state superintendent for Assessment and Accountability, explained how CCR standards and collections have changed over time—an interim assessment-based standard, a 2024 GPA standard addition, and a 2025 standard applied this school year—making historic trend comparisons difficult. "Those collections and the differences in those collections make the trends look really off," he said, and staff said more consistent trend data will be available going forward from 2025–26 onward.
Tiffany De Jesus and Kelis Williamson overviewed Maryland's dual-enrollment landscape, noting the variety of program models (dual credit, transcripted credit, concurrent enrollment, middle/early-college high schools) and statewide partnerships (MSDE, the Higher Education Commission and the Accountability Implementation Board). Williamson said the state is working with local and higher-education partners to create a more intentional, equitable and transferable approach to dual enrollment rather than leaving credit accumulation to "random acts" of opportunity.
Williamson said a single "Maryland dual enrollment model" has not yet been finalized; MSDE is synthesizing numerous district models and stakeholder feedback to develop an actionable, scalable plan. Board members asked how the state will ensure credit transfer, faculty readiness, and measures of impact; Williamson said the dual-enrollment working group is drafting plans and will continue stakeholder engagement.
Rita Bradunas described the career-counseling requirement embedded in the CCR blueprint and the six-year planning process that requires cross-team collaboration (local board, workforce board and community college). Board members, including Miss Medina and Miss Leonard, emphasized that school counselors are central to implementation and urged MSDE to ensure counselors’ roles, workloads and voices are accounted for in rollout plans. Members also asked MSDE to produce disaggregated dual-enrollment data (multilingual learners, students with disabilities, students of color) and to return with strategies to ensure equitable access and measure postgraduation outcomes.
Before adjourning, the committee set the next full board date (May 28) and the next committee meeting (June 17). The committee voted by voice/hand to end the meeting after a motion from Miss Medina and a second from Miss Leonard.
