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Danville schools briefed on Virginia Board of Education's new 2025–26 SOL cut scores
Summary
A division official outlined the Virginia Board of Education's approved 2025–26 Standards of Learning (SOL) proficiency cut scores, projected drops in proficiency rates, and a proposed multi‑year transition plan including a temporary 'approaching' indicator; the board discussed implications and local supports.
Doctor Babalola, a Danville Public Schools presenter, told the school board on Oct. 2 that the Virginia Board of Education on Sept. 25 approved new 2025–26 Standards of Learning (SOL) proficiency cut scores for reading and mathematics that raise the threshold for a student to be counted as proficient.
The change reflects recently revised, more rigorous standards: Virginia adopted new math standards in 2023 and revised reading standards in 2024, and students statewide already took assessments aligned to those standards during 2024–25, Babalola said. "On 09/25/2025, the Virginia Board of Education approved the new 2025, 26 standards of learning proficiency cut scores for reading and mathematics at the state board meeting," she said.
School officials said the new cut scores increase the numeric pass point previously set at 400. For reading the new pass cut…
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