The Virginia Department of Education has announced that they are raising the minimum passing scores for the math and reading ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Educators are finding a lot to be happy about with the latest Virginia SOL or Standards of Learning exam scores. The test scores are up, and the rate of absenteeism is down, according ...

The Virginia Board of Education recently voted to raise SOL cut scores — the minimum scores needed to pass — in reading and ...

“I didn’t even try because I always fail.” Fail. This heartbreaking statement is from a student in a Williamsburg-James City County middle school who recently took their Virginia Standards of Learning ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The University of Virginia is taking a closer look at the state’s standards of learning (SOL) testing gaps, and what they show. Researchers studied the data of school divisions ...

In a rare moment of bipartisan agreement on education policy, Virginia leaders have enacted sweeping changes to the state’s K-12 testing system, aiming to raise student performance and make the ...

James City County supervisor and school board candidates took questions Wednesday at a forum ahead of the November election.

First in a series of occasional articles. Brian Leggett, a lanky 14-year-old who lives in a garden apartment in Alexandria, dreams of playing basketball at Georgetown University and perhaps eventually ...

A study commissioned by Virginia's Board of Education found that students have scored better on several national achievement tests, including college entrance exams, since the state Standards of ...

Testing data presented to the Loudoun County School Board at its Sept. 30 meeting show Loudoun County students continue to ...