HB850: Standards of Learning; Board of Education to review assessments.

HOUSE BILL NO. 850

Offered January 8, 2014
Prefiled January 8, 2014
A BILL to require the Board of Education to review the administration of Standards of Learning assessments.
Patron-- LeMunyon
Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Board of Education shall solicit recommendations from the local school divisions and the public regarding the frequency with which Standards of Learning assessments are administered to public elementary and secondary school students in the Commonwealth. No later than January 1, 2015, the Board shall make recommendations to the General Assembly for reducing the frequency with which Standards of Learning assessments are administered to students while ensuring adequate measurement of student academic achievement.