State education officials say more than 30% of Virginia’s public school did not meet full accreditation standards last year.
Here’s how the numbers break down from the Department of Education:
68% of the state’s 1827 schools were fully accredited based on Standards of Learning test results. That’s down from 77% the previous year, and 93% two years ago.
The number of schools “accredited with warning” increased from 393 to 545.
Ten schools didn’t meet accreditation standards because of persistently low student achievement.
To earn full accreditation, at least 75% of students must pass reading and writing SOL tests….at least 70% must pass the math, science and history tests.
