Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton announced this week that the Standards of Learning (SOL) Innovation Committee has completed the first round of interim recommendations intended to make adjustments to the assessment system. The committee, which has been meeting since July, has developed a series of recommendations aimed at reforming the current assessment system. Twelve …
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Nov 14
Science Activity for Virginia Students
The University of Virginia and Virginia Tech will offer a special science program for current 8th and 9th grade students during the summer of 2015. The program,, Building Leaders for Advancing Science and Technology (BLAST) will provide students an opportunity to explore topics in science, engineering and math (STEM) while living on the university campus. The …
Nov 14
SOL Meeting: Commendation and Need for Improvement
SOL, love them or barely tolerate them. The testing program that has been functioning in the Commonwealth for nearly two decades was the topic of discussion from the SOL Innovation Committee on February 13th. In an article written for the Richmond Times Dispatch, Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton discussed the positive and the areas in …
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