VASCD Policy Update: March 22

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Upcoming VBOE Meeting

The Virginia Board of Education will meet on March 27 and 28, and the agenda items for these meetings dropped today.

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Two agenda items are of particular interest to VASCD: Accountability and the English and Language Arts Standards of Learning.

Accountability

Presentation
Review: Slides 10 and 11 for the indicators in a new accountability system, along with the sample of the weights for performance.
Question: Slide 22. Will schools above the 5% line receive support for particular indicators or student groups although they might not be identified in the 5% group?
Review: Slides 25-32; Indicator weighting models for ES, MS, and HS.

ELA SOLs

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