COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

P.O. BOX 2120

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120

SUPTS. MEMO NO. 104

May 21, 2004

INFORMATIONAL

TO:	Division Superintendents
FROM:	Jo Lynne DeMary Superintendent of Public Instruction
SUBJECT:	Removal of Three Substitute Tests

At its April 28, 2004, meeting the Virginia Board of Education voted to remove three tests from its list of approved substitute tests. The ACT Science Reasoning Subtest which was previously adopted as a substitute test for the Standards of Learning end-of-course tests in Biology or Chemistry was removed as were the ACT: PLAN Reading test and the ACT: PLAN Mathematics tests which had been adopted as substitutes for the literacy and numeracy requirements of the modified standard diplomas.

Should you have questions please call the Division of Assessment and Reporting at (804) 225-2102 or email darfax@mail.vak12ed.edu.

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