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VDOE reports expansion of VQB5 early‑learning ratings and changes to Recognize B5 funding
Summary
The Virginia Department of Education told the Board of Education that participation in the VQB5 early‑childhood measurement system has increased to about 3,400 sites and that the Recognize B5 incentive program will shift away from direct-to‑teacher payments toward rate adjustments intended to support higher wages for early‑childhood educators.
VDOE officials presented a progress report on Virginia's unified early‑childhood quality and improvement system, VQB5, and on changes to the Recognize B5 teacher incentive program.
Jenna Conway, VDOE's chief of early learning and specialized populations, told the Board of Education that participation in the VQB5 system has grown to roughly 3,400 publicly funded early‑childhood sites — covering about 12,000 classrooms — and that the system now uses the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) observations two times a year plus third‑party auditing. "We do every classroom, every infant, toddler, and preschool classroom…
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