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King George schools mostly on track; chronic absenteeism rises as state raises SOL cut scores
Summary
Preliminary accountability data show one distinguished high school and several schools close to 'on track' under a new state framework, while chronic absenteeism increased and new state cut scores for SOL tests were announced.
King George County Schools received a preliminary update on state accountability and accreditation on Oct. 20 that showed mixed results under Virginia’s newly redesigned accountability framework and flagged rising chronic absenteeism and forthcoming changes to SOL cut scores.
Sandra Duff, who presented preliminary results, told the board the state’s new framework ranks schools as Distinguished (90–100), On Track (80–89), Off Track (65–79) and Needs Intensive Support (below 65). According to the preliminary numbers Duff presented, King George High School’s graduating cohort scored in the Distinguished range (about 97.4), Potomac Elementary was “on track” (about 86.3), the middle school scored roughly…
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