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1999 SESSION

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SJ 344 Study; effects on young people of failure to obtain diploma.

Introduced by: Madison E. Marye | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Effects of the failure to obtain a diploma pursuant to the requirements of the Standards of Accreditation for Public Schools in Virginia on students. Directs the Commission on Educational Accountability to (i) review the history and development of the new Standards of Learning and Standards of Accreditation and their relationship to the Standards of Quality; (ii) review the results from the first Standards of Learning test administration; (iii) evaluate whether the public, particularly parents and students in the graduating class of 2004, have received adequate notice of the pending graduation requirements as well as the course requirements already in effect; (iv) examine the progress of Virginia’s school divisions in training teachers and developing materials and curricula to assist students to master the Standards of Learning; (v) examine the legal ramifications of this high-stakes testing on the students, their parents, the school divisions, and the Commonwealth; (vi) evaluate the adequacy of current state funding to assist local school divisions in achieving the requirements of the Standards of Accreditation; (vii) assess the willingness of local governing bodies to assist school divisions in funding the additional programs that may be necessary to assist students and schools to meet the diploma and accreditation requirements; (viii) determine whether students who will be affected by the new diploma requirements will have sufficient opportunities and time to learn the components of the Standards of Learning; (ix) determine whether additional funding or resources, including technical assistance, should be made available to local school divisions that do not have the resources to develop the necessary training, curricula and materials to assist students in achieving passing scores on the Standards of Learning tests; (x) determine the impact on elementary and secondary students of the test requirements, including increased retention, the potential for increased drop-outs, and the economic and personal impact of failure to obtain a diploma; (xi) evaluate any state planning to assist students who cannot achieve passing scores on the required Standards of Learning Tests; (xii) evaluate the development at the local division level of Standards of Learning materials and curricula designed to assist students at risk of failure on the tests to determine the effectiveness of such materials and curricula; and (xiii) any other matter relating to the Standards of Quality, the Standards of Accrediting Public Schools, and the Standards of Learning tests which will impact the future of the Commonwealth’s young people.


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