Accreditation & Federal Reports

Accountability & Virginia Public Schools
a guide to understanding Virginia's system for holding schools accountable for raising student achievement.

Accountability Terminology

Virginia public schools receive annual accountability ratings based on the performance of students on Standards of Learning (SOL) tests and other statewide assessments:

State Accreditation ratings, as outlined in the Virginia Board of Education’s Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia (SOA), are reported by school. A school’s state accreditation rating reflects overall achievement in English, history/social science, mathematics and science. Schools in which students meet or exceed achievement objectives established by the Virginia Board of Education in these four content areas are rated as “fully accredited.”
Federal Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs), as outlined in the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), are reported at the state level, school-division level and school level. Under the provisions of the two-year flexibility granted in June 2012 by the US Department of Education (USED), AMOs in reading and mathematics replace Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) targets that schools were previously required to meet. Beginning with results reported in the 2012-2013 school year (based on assessments given in 2011-2012), schools, school divisions and the state are rated according to the progress they are making toward meeting or exceeding English and mathematics AMOs.

School Accreditation Ratings

State and school-level summary reports on state accreditation ratings for the current and previous school years.

Federal Accountability

State-level, division-level and school-level summary reports on federal AMO ratings for the current school year.

Archived Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Reports

Until the 2012-2013 school year, federal summary reports at the state, school and division-level were based on federal AYP ratings. Delays in reauthorization of ESEA resulted in USED offering flexibility to states wishing to seek waivers. Virginia’s request was approved to forgo reporting AYP after the 2011-2012 school year. School and school division AYP reports for 2007-2008 through 2011-2012 are available.

Archived AYP Ratings & School Improvement Status of Title I

Archived spreadsheets for 2007-2008 through 2011-2012 summarizing the AYP ratings and improvement status for public schools that receive funding under Title I of the federal ESEA.

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