Column: To strengthen education in Virginia, reform standardized testing
Thoughtful standardized testing reform can make Virginia a national leader in education, Virginia Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg ...
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Sen. Favola proposes Standards of Learning tests in other languages
and high school students need to pass SOL tests for English and other required courses in order to graduate. In Virginia schools, “children are going to learn English, gain mastery ...
Feds approve amendments to Virginia’s K-12 accountability and support plan
After awaiting a months-long review by the federal government, the Virginia Department of Education announced on Monday that ...
Legislative battles ahead in Richmond as session kicks off this week
The Virginia General Assembly is set to return on Jan. 8, kicking off a pivotal legislative season that will test the balance ...
Clashes over budgets, abortion and energy facing Va. General Assembly
The Virginia General Assembly returns Jan. 8 for a pivotal legislative season testing the balance of power between a GOP ...
Henrico Citizen3d
Henrico delegates, senators seek SOL reform, social media restrictions and more in 2025 legislative session
Virginia’s General Assembly convenes today to kick off the 2025 legislative session, with delegates and senators from Henrico County seeking to push through several education bills. In its legislative ...
Northern Virginia Daily18d
School divisions get first report cards under new accountability system
Growth is based on students’ past performance on Virginia SOL tests to measure how they are expected to score from the start of the year to the end of the school year. Readiness measures factors such ...
CNN6d
Virginia special elections are early test of Democratic enthusiasm after Trump victory
Two months after Democrats were locked out of power at the federal level, a pair of special elections in a part of northern Virginia where Donald Trump dramatically improved his performance in ...
The Hill5d
Virginia special elections test Democratic enthusiasm as Trump takes office
Virginia is holding the first special election ... But the special elections are mostly expected to be early tests of enthusiasm among Republicans and Democrats in the state, though the off ...
The Washington Post10d
Va. man had largest homemade bomb stockpile in FBI history, prosecutors say
A Virginia man was arrested on Dec. 17 after federal agents seized 150 pipe bombs from his home on a 20-acre farm outside Newport News, the largest stockpile of homemade explosives ever found by ...
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Virginia man had weapons cache, used Biden photo for target practice, prosecutors say
He "expressed support for political assassinations," they said. A Virginia man allegedly had a cache of weapons, a "go box" and used a photo of President Joe Biden for target practice, according ...
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Best High Schools in Virginia
Virginia Public Schools use the Standards of Learning (SOL) as minimum expectations for what students should know at the end of each grade or course for subjects including English, math ...