Standards of Learning

Students won't return until next week, but the school year has started for the teachers and staff of Roanoke City Schools. Monday morning, they kicked off the year with optimism, even as leaders acknowledged the challenges the school district continues to...

It's the day teachers and students either wait hopefully for or dread. Standards of Learning test results for the past school year came in Tuesday. For math, a new test has seen some scores go way down. Let's just jump right into the numbers and look at...

As expected, the number of students passing Standards of Learning math exams plummeted this year, according to results released by the state Tuesday. State and local officials predicted the plunge as students took more difficult SOL math exams this...

Ten schools with high marks here in western Virginia are getting a break on annual accreditation. State education officials are offering three-year waivers to more than 100 schools across the state. They qualified by achieving pass rates of 95 percent or...

Budget cuts have had a major impact on schools in our area. In Franklin County, the music program could hit a sour note unless money is raised to keep the music playing. That’s why both current and former students at Franklin County High School...

It's the same criticism you hear over and over again about Virginia's Standards of Learning (SOL's), they're just teaching to the test and students aren't really learning anything. The state hopes to prove the critics wrong by introducing a much...

Highland County is one of two school divisions in Virginia recognized for raising the academic achievement of economically disadvantaged students.  The Virginia Board of Education also honored 92 schools across the state, including more than 30 in central...

Math assessments for Virginia students will be harder under revisions adopted by the state Board of Education. Media outlets report that the board unanimously adopted more rigorous Standards of Learning math tests for grades three through eight on...

It's time for change.  That was the message behind a press conference held by several local school superintendents. In attendance were the superintendents from Roanoke City, Salem, Botetourt County, Montgomery County, Bedford, Floyd, and Craig County.  A...

Virginia's Superintendent of Public Instruction is warning state lawmakers that Standards of Learning pass rates will fall sharply when new mathematics tests debut this Spring. Wednesday morning, Dr. Patricia Wright told members of the House Education...