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41 Percent of Virginia Public Schools Meet Annual Benchmarks in Reading, Math, Graduation
Associated Press (09/17/13)Of Virginia's 1,828 public schools, 41 percent met annual benchmarks aimed at reducing proficiency gaps between low-performing and high-performing schools. More than 740 schools met all of the benchmarks in reading, mathematics, and graduation, with at least 66 percent of students overall required to pass new, more rigorous standardized reading tests for a school to be considered proficient in the 2012-13 school year. About 64 percent were required to pass the math tests. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia I. Wright says, "Virginia has raised the bar to prepare students for the realities of the 21st century. Our challenge -- from the superintendent's office to the classroom -- is to make sure students have the instruction and interventions they need to achieve the commonwealth's college- and career-ready expectations, regardless of who they are or where they live." Based on the benchmarks, about 25 percent or 459 schools are developing or implementing improvement plans to raise achievement levels for certain races and other subgroups. About 37 schools were designated as "priority" schools and 46 were designated as "focus" schools.
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