In 1st Year of Tests, States Must Brace For Foul Weather
It was the kind of headline educators hate: "97 Percent of Schools in Virginia Fail New Exams: Local Officials Say Results Are Worse Than Expected."
Though many educators described the first-year results from Virginia's new Standards of Learning tests, released last month, as a starting point, and pledged to raise scores in the future, others lost no time in questioning both the tests and the passing scores that were set for them.
"Something is wrong here, and I would have to say that it is not our schools, not our hard-working principals and teachers, and certainly, not our students," said Daniel A. Domenech, the superintendent of the 154,000-student Fairfax County schools. The system is Virginia's largest district and is considered...
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