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Petersburg leaders unpack new Virginia school accountability results, outline curriculum and attendance push
Summary
Petersburg City Public Schools released new state accountability scores under Virginia’s reworked performance and accreditation framework, showed several schools below the state’s 80-point “on track” bar, and described curriculum adoptions, tutoring and data-review steps intended to raise mastery and attendance.
PETERSBURG — District leaders presented results from Virginia’s new School Performance and Support Framework and described a multi-pronged plan to raise student mastery and attendance, saying the state’s split between performance and compliance has produced new distinctions in how schools are identified.
Director of data, Doctor Dikarja Jackson, told the board the state now separates accountability (student performance and growth) from accreditation (compliance). “The new framework has a massive index of growth,” she said while explaining the system’s component weightings and categories for elementary, middle and high schools.
Under the new scoring bands explained to the board, a school must score 90 or above to be “distinguished,” 80–89 to be “on track,” 65–79 is considered “off track,” and below 65 qualifies for “intensive support.” The presentation listed school-level…
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