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The Standards of Learning (SOL) is a public school standardized testing program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It sets forth learning and achievement expectations for core subjects for grades K-12 in Virginia's Public Schools. The standards represent what many teachers, school administrators, parents, and business and community leaders ...
The Virginia Department of Education is the state education agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia.It is headquartered in the James Monroe Building in Richmond. [1] The department is headed by the Secretary of Education (currently Aimee Guidera), who is a member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction (currently Lisa Coons), a position that is also ...
Education in Virginia addresses the needs of students from pre-kindergarten through adult education.Virginia's educational system consistently ranks in the top ten states on the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress, with Virginia students outperforming the average in almost all subject areas and grade levels tested. [1]
The only independent government school district under Virginia law is the Eastern Virginia Medical College. All of the K-12 school districts are classified as dependent public school systems by the U.S. Census Bureau . [ 2 ]
The Virginia State Board of Education is an independent board established by the state of Virginia in the United States which helps set state elementary and secondary educational policy, advocates within state government for elementary and secondary education, administers some state educational programs, and regulates the teaching profession in the state.
"The Flesch–Kincaid" (F–K) reading grade level was developed under contract to the U.S. Navy in 1975 by J. Peter Kincaid and his team. [1] Related U.S. Navy research directed by Kincaid delved into high-tech education (for example, the electronic authoring and delivery of technical information), [2] usefulness of the Flesch–Kincaid readability formula, [3] computer aids for editing tests ...
The Virginia Constitution [2] states that the Superintendent be “an experienced educator.” [3] The Superintendent of Public Instruction serves for a term coincident with the Governor making the appointment. The duties of the Superintendent of Public Instruction are addressed in Title 22.1, Chapter 3 of the Code of Virginia. [4]
The Virginia Department of Education, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state and local health experts collaborated to figure out 4 different learning paths for students for 2020-2021. The first path had students work from home and get their assignments through remote instruction.