Virginia education board approves new rules for local student assessments

By: Nathaniel Cline

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: September 29, 2026

Words: 606

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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The Virginia Board of Education has approved new rules for assessing student learning in subjects without statewide Standards of Learning tests, giving schools another way to measure whether students have mastered the required material.

Last year, state lawmakers overhauled the state’s testing system to improve how SOL tests are administered and used to evaluate what students should know at the end of each grade or course, setting the stage for the new guidelines. …

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