According to a story in The Washington Post, Maryland's high school class of 2009 leads the nation in Advanced Placement test performance, a key measure of preparedness for college.

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One of the local high schools cited as highly ranked in minority student achievement was Prince George's County's Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Md. Roosevelt is one of the Clark School's Top 25 Source Schools, an annual designation honoring the 25 Maryland high schools that send the most students to the Clark School.