Schools
State Education Officials Nix Request For Earlier SOLs
Proposal by Fairfax Superintendent Dale, others won't be discussed this year.
A proposal by Fairfax County Public School Superintendent Jack Dale and others has been turned down by state education officials.
In an Aug. 1 letter to the superintendents, the Virginia Board of Education president, Eleanor B. Saslaw, said there would be no such vote. The superintendents’ plan was too vague and failed to address concerns about unintended consequences for students and teachers.
The superintendents argued in a joint statement to the board last spring and again in July that testing earlier in the school year would liberate students and teachers from the “test-driven approach to education that stifles learning” and give them more time to delve into lessons that develop critical thinking and problem solving. It also would allow for re-takes.
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Related Topics: Fairfax County School Board, Jack Dale, Virginia Board of Education, and Virginia SOLs
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