Md. suburban students score slightly higher

Students in the Maryland suburbs showed slight improvements on the most recent round of standardized tests, but persistent pockets of mediocre performance remained.

In Montgomery County, 91 percent of students in third through fifth grade scored “proficient” or “advanced” on the reading portion of the Maryland Standardized Assessment, commonly called the MSA. About 88 percent of the students scored proficient or higher on the math portion.