Our Mission
Parents Across Virginia
United to Reform SOLs has been formed to improve the Virginia
Standards of Learning and Standards of Accreditation assessment
program. We are working to:
1. prohibit the use of
SOL test scores or pass rates as the sole or primary basis for
promotion, retention, awarding of diplomas or school accreditation
2. require basing
major educational decisions on all relevant data about students and
schools, including various direct assessments of student work over
time and multiple indicators of school quality
3. insure that
"student outcome measures" required for accreditation do not
discriminate against low-income, minority, or disabled children
4. have the state stop
using SOL test results until independent assessment experts have
evaluated them and found them valid and reliable for each intended
use
5. develop a system
that recognizes and supports more than one path to a standard
diploma
To join, click here.
