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GOALS
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- To counsel students to complete a focused and challenging
plan of study that meets the requirements for Virginia's standard diploma or above. This plan of
study includes a career and technical and/or an academic focus and four credits of college
preparatory English, three credits in college preparatory social studies, four credits in
mathematics selected from Algebra I or above, three credits in college preparatory science,
and a technology course covering word processing, database, spreadsheets, presentation software,
and use of the Internet and e-mail. (Four credits in science and social studies are recommended
for all schools on a block schedule.)
- To increase the number of students who meet or exceed the
reading, mathematics, and science performance goals. The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
has established performance goals based on the High Schools That Work (HSTW) assessment, the National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). On a scale from 0 to 500, the minimum goals are scores of
279 in reading, 297 in mathematics, and 299 in science.