How did Maryland schools perform last year? Preliminary star ratings, graduation and dropout rates released.

As Maryland finalizes its school star ratings this month, education leaders are forecasting a majority of the state’s public schools have held steady even as a quarter of them lost a star in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. State board of education members on Tuesday reviewed preliminary results for the state’s school rating system, known as the Maryland Report Card, offering a new glimpse at the pandemic’s lingering impact on public education during the 2021-