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Maryland State Department of Education

Strategic Plan

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Maryland Momentum: Strategic Plan 2025

Through strong decisive action, focused attention on core instructional priorities, robust collaboration, and support for teachers and school leaders, we believe that we can achieve our vision of building a world-class public education system.

The past few years have seen a number of important and meaningful changes and advances for public schools across Maryland. For the third year in a row, we have seen performance increases for Maryland students. We are continuing to prioritize ensuring strong core instruction in schools and providing the supports and conditions necessary to see improvements in student achievement. The work ahead remains critical to deliver results for our students and families. We recognize that while current academic achievement in Maryland is improving, performance levels indicate significant room for improvement – we know our students are capable of much more.

The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future and its historic investments in public education present a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fulfill the promise of an excellent and equitable education for all children in Maryland. MSDE is committed to capitalizing on this opportunity to drive improved and equitable outcomes for children.

Download the Strategic Plan

[ English - PDF - 19.58 MB |  Spanish - PDF - 32.56 MB]

Strategic Plan Outcome

  • Pillar

    Overarching theme from the Blueprint.
  • Goal

    High-level aspiration
  • Outcome

    Concrete, measurable metric for tracking progress
  • Strategy

    Agency work aligned to the outcome