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Delegate Schuyler VanValkenburg is a Democrat from Henrico who is also a public school teacher. He says the pendulum is always swinging in the education world between too much testing and not enough testing.
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Virginia education officials attempted to reassure families, saying accelerated math courses are not being eliminated as standards of learning are…
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As lawmakers return to Richmond this year, many of them will be focused on reforming Virginia’s system of standardized testing.OK, so one thing everyone…
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How should schools and teachers be evaluated in Virginia? And what role should standardized testing play. Michael Pope reports those tests are about to…
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Virginia’s students seem to be getting better at standardized tests. 81-percent of the state’s schools are now fully accredited, an improvement on last…
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This week, Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed a bill allowing elementary and middle school kids to re-take Standards of Learning tests if they score a few points…
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Elementary and middle school students who fail Standards of Learning tests by narrow margins will have an opportunity to retake those tests this spring…
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A large number of public education reform bills made it through this year's General Assembly session. The sponsor of many of the House bills says…
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This week and into January, the State Board of Education is holding a series of public hearings on revisions to the History and Social Science Standards…
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Many teachers, parents, and policymakers have agreed that the state's Standards of Learning have forced classroom instruction to be geared toward…