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Teachers and students praise shift to performance-based LAVC in world geography
Summary
Skyline High teachers and students told the Warren County School Board that replacing a single SOL end-of-course exam with a locally validated performance-based assessment (LAVC) — three document-based essays across the semester — has improved students' argumentation, use of evidence and preparation for college-level writing.
Steve McArthur, a Skyline High social studies teacher, told the Warren County School Board that the new locally administered Virginia Alternate Validation of Competency (LAVC) model replaces a single SOL end-of-course exam with three document-based essays given over the semester. "Basically, you have 3 essays throughout the semester instead of 1 SOL end of course assessment," McArthur said, describing a process that uses five documents per task, state-provided formative and summative prompts that teachers may adapt, and…
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