Our goal is to keep you informed about issues and actions in state
and federal education policy that relate to VASCD's mission.
Thank you to our Partners:
Policy Priorities
The Policy Team of VASCD is committed to elevating teaching and deepening learning through advocacy work as well as strong relationships with legislators and policymakers.
Our three policy priorities are:
Outstanding Educators for Virginia's Students: We must elevate the profession and and champion "autonomy with integrity" from policy to the practitioner.
Modernizing Virginia's Assessment System: Virginia's student assessment system must support and align with today's student learning goals.
Personalized Learning Opportunities for Educators: Educators must have relevant, competency-based professional learning opportunities.
On April 19, VBOE met for their work session, and on April 20 for their business meeting. Much of the dialogue in both sessions centered on the History and Social Science Standards. Below are relevant links, highlights from both meetings, and relevant time stamps for video playback. As a pro tip, we recommend changing the playback speed to 1.5x or 1.75x.
Proposed Revised History and Social Science Standards of Learning(BOARD REVIEW COPY); We recommend watching this portion of the meeting (4:02.55 - in the video)
Final Review of year-over-year for growth indicator, Approved (PRESENTATION) [2:32.51-2:36.10 in the Part 1 video]
Final Review of History and Social Science Standards, Approved (DOCUMENT USED FOR FINAL REVIEW) [2:36.30-3:50.00 in the Part 1 video)
Final Review of suspending chronic absenteeism for this year, The Board Voted No on the proposal to suspend chronic absenteeism as an accreditation indicator (we were unable to get a vote count, either 6-3 or 5-4); (PRESENTATION) [0:00.00-0:31.25 in the Part 2 video]
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Virginia ASCD is a non-partisan, non-political organization.
Like you, we are interested in policy decisions that affect teaching and learning in Virginia.
