DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 234
December 9, 2005
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Jo Lynne
DeMary Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Revised Remediation
Recovery Guidelines |
At its October 26, 2005, meeting the Virginia Board
of Education adopted revisions to the guidelines for remediation recovery that
are only applicable to the 2006-2007 accreditation ratings. The revised guidelines pertain to students
who failed a reading or mathematics test in grades 3, 5, or 8, or an
end-of-course mathematics test in 2004-2005 and participated in a remediation
recovery program in the 2005-2006 school year. As the Regulations
Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia are
currently being revised, guidelines for the implementation of remediation
recovery programs in 2007-2008 and beyond will be developed after the revisions
to accrediting standards are approved by the Virginia Board of Education.
Under the revised guidelines for the 2006-2007
accreditation ratings, students who failed either the grade 8 reading or
mathematics test, or an end-of-course mathematics test, and participated in a
remediation recovery program will continue to retake the applicable Standards
of Learning (SOL) test at the next regularly scheduled administration. The score of a remediation recovery student
who passes the grade 8 reading or mathematics test
will be counted in the schools pass rate for the purposes of
accreditation. If a student retakes and
passes an end-of-course mathematics test under remediation recovery, the
students score will be counted twice in the schools accreditation pass
rateonce as part of the pass rate for the end-of-course test and a second time
as part of remediation recovery. The
scores of remediation recovery students who fail the grade 8 reading or
mathematics test or an end-of-course mathematics test will not be counted in
the schools accreditation pass rate.
Students who failed the grade 3 or grade 5 reading
and/or mathematics test and participated in a remediation recovery program
after being promoted to the fourth or sixth grade will not retake the failed
test or tests. However, if these
remediation recovery students pass the grade 4 or grade 6 reading and/or
mathematics tests, their scores will be counted twice in the schools
accreditation pass rateonce as part of the pass rate for the grade 4 or grade
6 test and a second time under remediation recovery. If a fourth- or sixth-grade remediation
recovery student fails the reading test or the mathematics test, the students
score will count only once in the accreditation pass rate as part of the grade
4 or grade 6 pass rate.
Remediation recovery scores will continue to count at the school where the student was tested as a remediation recovery student. Students may be counted in remediation recovery only once for each grade/SOL test.
The following students may not be included in
remediation recovery programs:
1. Students in grade 8 who are retested because
they are retained and had not passed the grade 8 test in reading or
mathematics; and
2. Students who retake an end-of-course test as
a result of failing and retaking a mathematics course
at the high school.
Questions about the revisions to the remediation
recovery guidelines should be addressed to the staff of the Division of
Assessment and Reporting at (804) 225-2102 or by e-mail to darfax@doe.virginia.gov.
JLD/SLR/jc