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Gloucester schools prepare for higher state SOL cut scores; superintendent outlines phased response
Summary
Superintendent presented Virginia Department of Education( VDOE) revised Standards of Learning cut scores, explained a 4-year implementation and urged district-wide curriculum and intervention work to meet higher proficiency thresholds.
Superintendent Jonathan Vladeau told the Gloucester County School Board on Oct. 24 that the Virginia Department of Education has revised statewide Standards of Learning (SOL) cut scores and that the state intends a multi-year implementation. He described the change as an increase in the minimum scores considered proficientand said the district must adjust instruction, assessment feedback and interventions to prepare students.
The revised cut scores take effect under a state implementation plan the superintendent described as a four-year phase-in beginning this school year. Vladeau said examples include moving a grade-3 mathematics cut…
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