Most Fairfax County Students Pass Reading and Math SOL Tests
Still, half of Fairfax County Public Schools did not meet annual federal benchmarks
More than 90 percent of Fairfax County Public students passed Virginia’s Standards of Learning test last school year, but half of all schools in the county did not meet testing goals laid out by the No Child Left Behind Act. Ninety-two percent students in the county earned a passing SOL score for mathematics, while 93 percent passed the reading test, according to the school system. Of 190 schools in the county 94 of them did not meet adequate yearly progress goals set by the No Child Left Behind Act, according to data recently released by the Virginia Department of Education. Last year, 52 schools did not meet their progress goal, representing a 22 percent increase. In Virginia, only 697, or 38 percent of the 1,839 schools in the state, …
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