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State's new school accountability model shifts focus to mastery, growth and readiness; Gloucester staff warn of resource and morale impacts
Summary
District assessment leaders briefed the board on Virginia's new School Performance and Support Framework, a points-based system emphasizing mastery, growth for all students and readiness (including a 5-C performance task); administrators and the board flagged funding, teacher morale and rapid calculation changes as key concerns.
Gloucester County School Board members heard a detailed briefing Oct. 8 on the Virginia Department of Education's newly adopted School Performance and Support Framework, a points-based accountability system that replaces the previous accreditation model.
The division's director of assessment summarized the framework's three principal categories: mastery (pass rates and integrated reading/writing), growth (an expected-growth model applied to all students), and readiness (chronic…
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