The Virginia Board of Education recently voted to raise SOL cut scores — the minimum scores needed to pass — in reading and math.

It is unclear when the Virginia Department of Education will release results from the annual state accountability tests that students took in the spring. State Superintendent Lisa Coons sent an email ...

The new scores will be phased in over several years. The board is expected to vote on the implementation plan for the score revision at its meeting next month.

The Virginia Department of Education is pushing back against accusations that it failed to follow the General Assembly’s ...

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On Thursday, the Virginia Board of Education voted to raise SOL cut scores in reading and math. “Raising expectations is good for our students, and good for Virginia. It ensures that every graduate is ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin says Virginia's Standards of Learning exams are 30% to 40% more challenging, but his own Department of Education says "no records" show this.

NORFOLK, Va. — This week, the Virginia Department of Education released the statewide results for the Standards of Learning (SOL) pass rates for the last academic school year. The data shows ...

Staunton City Schools has achieved the highest growth in Standards of Learning (SOL) test scores in Virginia, according to a ...

Southampton County Public Schools (SCPS) experienced some consistency and some declines in division-wide student performance ...

Terry McAuliffe promised on the campaign trail to reform the state's student testing system, which he criticized as focused more on memorization than grasp. His 2013 campaign platform said, "We must ...

Staunton City Schools achieved the highest growth in Standards of Learning (SOL) test scores in Virginia. The school division has climbed 70 spots in state rankings over the past seven years to now be ...