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York County reports small gains on new, more rigorous SOLs; division outperforms state averages
Summary
Chief academic officer Dr. Candy Skinner told the School Board that York County School Division students outperformed state averages across five tested subject areas in 2024–25 despite tougher Standards of Learning (SOL) tests and a shift to computer-adaptive formats.
Dr. Candy Skinner, the York County School Division chief academic officer, presented the division's 2024''2025 assessment results at the Sept. 8 work session, saying York County students outperformed the state average in each of five tested content areas.
Skinner opened by placing the results against recent changes to Virginia's assessments, noting the state adopted standards that add 30'to'30% more content in reading and math and shifted to more rigorous, higher-order items and computer-adaptive delivery. "Higher-order thinking" on the new tests, she said, expects students to "analyze, to evaluate, and to create," not merely recall facts.
The presentation said York County exceeded the state average by at least three percentage points in reading, writing, math, history and science. Skinner highlighted a one-point increase in the division's overall reading pass rate (3'8 and 11th-grade and other tested grades aggregated) and noted York County ranked second among…
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