School Resources

Information about the various tests and assessments taken by HCPSS students.

The Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment is designed to measure a student’s academic achievement and growth over time in reading and mathematics.

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a consortium of states developing assessments to measure student achievement in English Language Arts (ELA)/ Literacy and Mathematics for grades 3-8 and high school. The primary purpose of PARCC is to provide high quality assessments of students’ progression toward postsecondary readiness and success. The PARCC tests are designed to match the Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards and assess whether students are meeting grade-level expectations. The new assessments replace the Maryland School Assessments (MSA) in English and mathematics in grades 3-8.

The HCPSS Online School Payment (OSP) website is where parents are able to pay for student school activities and fees by debit or credit card online using a secure web browser at their convenience, 24 hours a day. Please note that OSMS, Inc. charges a 4% handling fee for online purchases.

See the traffic flow for dropping off and picking up your students.

Thanks for our wonderful PTA, we now have a school-wide subscription to BrainPOP & BrainPOP Jr! To log-in, students go to: https://hcpss.me They click on MackinVIA & log-in with their HCPSS Active Directory username & password. Then, in the left menu, students click on Databases and voila! …BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. are the first two databases listed!

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Offers a database of easily retrievable full-text articles, often with accompanying graphics, with full printing and saving capabilities. Other features include: The World Almanac for Kids, Compton’s Encyclopedia, and a Spotlight of the Month.

An excellent source of reliable, easy to understand information for students.

Offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on over 200 cultures of the world.

Generate, edit, and publish an MLA Works Cited list or APA References list. NoodleBib takes care of punctuation, alphabetization and formatting, producing a polished source list for import into Word.

The main website for the Howard County Library System.

Absences must be reported to school via a signed note upon the student's return to school. Once a note is received, the student absence is marked as excused. Feel free to use this template as a guide.