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Accountability and Research |
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ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
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Goal 2: Instructional Excellence ACPS will ensure that all students have access to and engagement with high-quality instruction.
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Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable):
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Agenda Item Summary:
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VDOE will release 2020-2021 SOL results on August 26, 2021. These data will have no impact on state or federal accountability systems based on the on-going pandemic. Within ACPS, only 60% of students eligible to participate in spring 2021 SOL assessments participated, representing a significant decline from previous years participation rates above 95%. A cohort analysis of students who participated in both spring 2019 testing and spring 2021 testing showed equivalent reading pass rates (62%) and a 15 percentage point decrease in math from 2019 to 2021. A student group cohort analysis also showed widening disparities in math across groups with the White student group decreasing (-18 percentage points) at smaller rates than Asian (-20 pts), Black (-27 pts), or Hispanic (-30 pts) student groups. |
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Background:
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The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) will release SOL results from the 2020-2021 school year for the state, division, and schools on August 26, 2021. These data are for information only and will have no impact on state or federal accountability systems based on the on-going pandemic. Within ACPS, only 60% of students eligible to participate in spring 2021 SOL assessments participated, representing a significant decline from previous years participation rates above 95%. Further, based on a VDOE emergency provision, locally developed alternative assessments were used instead of in-person SOL assessments in grade 8 writing and grades 4 and 8 history, limiting those content areas to only high school students who were eligible to partake in the in-person SOLs. Of the students who did test, preliminary SOL pass rates were: Reading - 57%, Math - 40%, Science - 44%, Grade 11 Writing - 82%, and High School History - 45%. |
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Recommendation
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The Superintendent recommends that the School Board review the preliminary SOL results in advance of VDOE public release on August 26, 2021. |
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Approvals:
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Dr. Clinton Page - Chief Accountability Officer |
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Signed By: |
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Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. - Superintendent |
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