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Preliminary VALS literacy and SOL pass-rate charts show gains in early grades and strong science results, leaders say
Summary
Dr. Trosper presented preliminary VALS literacy screener and SOL pass‑rate results, reporting early reading gains in K–3 and large percentile gains in science, while noting algebra and some math areas require attention.
Dr. Trosper (staff presenter) gave the board preliminary assessment results for the division's new VALS literacy screener and tentative SOL pass rates, describing fall‑to‑spring VALS movement and percentile rankings versus a large consortium of peers.
The presenter said VALS, expanded for 2024 to grades K–8, categorizes students as high, moderate or low risk and is intended to guide early interventions. In Bedford County's spring results, staff reported that kindergarten low‑risk percentages nearly doubled from fall to spring (Bedford 54.85% low risk in kindergarten, still about five percentage points lower than the state in that grade) and that the division outperformed the state in low‑risk percentages for second and third grades (report cited +6.73 and +34.75 points, respectively, in low‑risk categories compared with Virginia). The presenter said high‑risk third‑grade students remained a concern (about one quarter of third graders were in the…
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