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Va. High School Accreditation to Use Test Scores, Grad Rates

By The Associated Press — February 23, 2009 1 min read
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Virginia’s public schools will soon be measured by both test scores and graduation rates, under an enhanced accountability plan state education officials approved last week.

The state’s Standards of Accreditation will include an index that measures high school graduation and completion rates. High schools will have to meet benchmarks in graduation rates as well as test scores to be accredited.

The class of 2011 will be the first to be measured for a school’s accreditation for the 2011-12 school year. Revised accreditation standards also will require high school students to take economics and personal-finance classes to earn standard and advanced diplomas.

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A version of this article appeared in the February 25, 2009 edition of Education Week

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