Maryland social work exam results show racial and ethnic disparities

Among prospective Maryland clinical social workers who took a required master's-level exam between 2011 and 2021, non-white test-takers passed on their first try less often than white ones, reflecting a national trend.

Test-takers who declined to provide a race or ethnicity or who wrote in an option other than those listed in the table are not included in the data.
Source: Association of Social Work Boards Get the data