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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Newly-released Standards of Learning scores show Virginia’s students are improving.
“What we are doing is working,” said Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to reporters on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
The Youngkin administration announced that 68.3% of students in grades 3-8 passed their math SOL exam during the 2024-25 school year -- a 1.9% increase from the previous year.
Meanwhile, 71.9% of students in that group passed their reading exam -- a 0.8% increase from the 2023-24 school year.
Youngkin added that the increases are even more notable when considering that changes in state standards made the tests harder than in previous years.
“Pearson, our testing company, assesses that the tests are 30-40% more challenging, more content, more breadth, and yet we’re seeing test scores
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