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VBCPS outlines shift to performance-based social studies, delays in science standards and new computer-science grant
Summary
Department of Teaching and Learning presented plans to implement the 2023 social studies standards with performance-based tasks, described delays in state science standards affecting courses and assessments, and announced a $71,351.21 Advancing Computer Science Education grant to expand middle-school computer science integration.
Tom Quinn, executive director of secondary teaching and learning, presented a multi-part curriculum update at 00:45:18, saying the division will fully implement the 2023 social studies standards in 2025–26 and move toward locally awarded performance-based assessments aligned with House Bill 1957.
Quinn said the goal of the locally awarded performance-based approach is to shift emphasis from memorization to application and demonstration of skills, and he described a…
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