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New Kent presents SOL gains as state proposes higher cut scores; officials warn of short-term drops
Summary
New Kent County Public Schools reported year-over-year SOL score gains and rising state rankings, while district leaders cautioned that proposed Virginia Department of Education cut-score changes would lower next year’s pass rates and asked the board for follow-up data and communications.
New Kent County Public Schools leaders on Sept. 9 told the school board the division saw gains on statewide Standards of Learning tests this past year and now ranks among the top 10 divisions in Virginia — but warned that proposed state changes to “cut scores” could sharply lower pass rates next year.
“We're 82.23%, and [that] ranks currently ninth in the state,” Ross Miller said in a presentation to the board, summarizing divisionwide results and noting year-over-year gains across reading, math, science, history and writing. Miller said reading rose 2 percentage points, math rose 4 points, and writing increased “by 7% or 16” depending on the reporting slice, and that New Kent’s overall ranking had climbed from 16th to ninth over the last year.
Miller and Superintendent Dr. Ross Nichols also described a separate state-led effort to raise SOL cut scores…
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