Adopting Revisions to the Standards of Quality

Resolution Number 2004-46
November 17, 2004

The Board of Education prescribes the following revisions to the Standards of Quality:

Page 6, lines 5 and 6, add language about students reaching their full potential, as recommended by Mr. Goodman;

Page 14, lines 1 and 4, add the term “full-time equivalent” as recommended by staff in response to a comment from the public;
Page 18, lines 22-23, replace language to read as follows: Each local school division shall require the use of relevant data to evaluate student progress and to determine educational performance;
Page 23, line 1, change the title of the standard to “Quality of classroom instruction and educational leadership” as recommended by Dr. Jones;
Page 23, line 6, delete entire paragraph; Dr. Jones made a substitute motion to include the following language: Consistent with the findings that leadership is essential for the advancement of public education in the Commonwealth, teacher, administrator, and superintendent evaluations shall be based on student academic progress and skills and knowledge of instructional personnel;
Page 23, lines 13-23, replace language about performance evaluations with language recommended by Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals and add references to evaluations of administrators and superintendents, consistent with the uniform guidelines; and
Page 25, lines 24 and 25, add language about the analysis of the data and how it will be utilized to improve classroom instruction and student achievement, as recommended by Dr. Jones.

Thomas M. Jackson, Jr., President
Board of Education

Adopted in the Minutes of the Virginia Board of Education
November 17, 2004