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on Virginia’s standardized exams in math, science, history, writing, and reading.standards this year, where newly arrived multilanguage learners are granted three semesters of exemption from the state’s standardized test in reading instead of the 11 semesters they were previously given, we can expect to see reading scores in this group decline precipitously this year.
Fairfax County’s superintendent, Michelle Reid, and school board members seem to enjoy sailing on the laurels of the district’s glory days, when people moved to the area for its quality public education. But that is changing quickly as a quarter of the district’s high schools are close to The most interesting piece of Reid’s complaint letter is that students and their parents are provided only the “opt-in” option for the standardized tests that actually assess proficiency. When I objected to my son’s politicized, substandard performance-based learning assessment in fourth grade, no one informed me that he had the option to take a legitimate Virginia Studies standardized exam.
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