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Winchester staff warn proposed state cut‑score changes would sharply lower local SOL proficiency rates
Summary
School staff told the Winchester School Board a state proposal to raise SOL cut scores to align with NAEP would, if adopted, reduce reported proficiency in many Winchester schools and could affect verified credits and school accountability ratings.
Winchester Public Schools staff told the school board on Sept. 8 that a state proposal to raise Standards of Learning (SOL) cut scores could dramatically reduce locally reported proficiency rates and affect future graduation and school accountability measures.
The presentation, led in the meeting by a district presenter identified in the transcript as Dr. Vandeavon (presenter, district staff), outlined proposed new cut scores the state superintendent plans to recommend to the State Board of Education in October. "Anything you see in yellow has been changed by the state superintendent," the presenter said, summarizing the committee and superintendent recommendations.
The district gave context for the proposal: the state superintendent and advocacy groups frame the change as closing an "honesty gap" between state proficiency rates and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The presenter said Virginia currently…
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