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SJ 498 Study; Commission on Educational Accountability.

Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Commission on Educational Accountability. Establishes the Commission on Educational Accountability to, among other things, (i) review the Standards of Accreditation and the accountability mechanisms included therein; (ii) monitor the implementation of the Standards of Learning and revised assessments; (iii) consider the work and recommendations of other recent study committees; (iv) develop recommendations for ways to increase the capacity of schools, teachers, and students to meet increasingly rigorous academic standards; (v) examine the effects on the Commonwealth’s young people of failure to obtain a diploma pursuant top requirements of the Standards of Accreditation for public schools in Virginia; (vi) evaluate the efficacy, appropriateness and application of the Commonwealth’s statutes, regulations, and policies governing academic assessment of students who transfer into Virginia’s public schools; (vii) collaborate, coordinate, and receive regular reports from the special task forces established pursuant to HJR 566 (1999) and HJR 723 (1999), and (viii) consider such other issues as it deems appropriate.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Study; Commission on Educational Accountability. Establishes the 19-member Commission on Educational Accountability to (i) review the Standards of Accreditation and the accountability mechanisms included therein; (ii) monitor the implementation of the Standards of Learning and revised assessments; (iii) consider the work and recommendations of other recent study committees; (iv) develop recommendations for ways to increase the capacity of schools, teachers, and students to meet increasingly rigorous academic standards; (v) examine the effects on the Commonwealth’s young people of failure to obtain a diploma pursuant top requirements of the Standards of Accreditation for public schools in Virginia; (vi) evaluate the efficacy, appropriateness and application of the Commonwealth’s statutes, regulations, and policies governing academic assessment of students who transfer into Virginia’s public schools; and (vii) consider such other issues as it deems appropriate.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study; Commission on Educational Accountability. Establishes the 19-member Commission on Educational Accountability to (i) review the Standards of Accreditation and the accountability mechanisms included therein; (ii) monitor the implementation of the Standards of Learning and revised assessments; (iii) consider the work and recommendations of other recent study committees; (iv) develop recommendations for ways to increase the capacity of schools, teachers, and students to meet increasingly rigorous academic standards; and (v) consider such other issues as it deems appropriate.