That means the school is not fully accredited but is making acceptable progress toward full accreditation. The number of fully accredited schools in the region is 146, compared to 125 previous year.
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Eight in 10 Virginia schools met state benchmarks this year and 162 schools regained full accreditation, marking the first year of significant improvements since tougher standardized tests led to a slump in scores.
Partially accredited, reconstituted school – Schools that miss full accreditation requirements for four straight years but receive permission from the Virginia Board of Education to reconstitute, a process that can mean restructuring the leadership, instructional program, staff or student body.
It’s a mixed bag for Albemarle, where 73% of the schools can boast full accreditation.
The rest of the schools in Nelson County are fully accredited. The state makes slight adjustments based on the number of English language learners and also gives schools bonus points when a student who previously failed an exam passes it. A few of the biggest improvements were from Thomas Harrison Middle School, going from 74 percent passing in history last year to 90 percent this year.
This year, 76 schools were labeled “improving schools” and 46 were labeled “approaching benchmark”. High schools must also meet a graduation index.
Northern Virginia schools did considerably better than the state, with just 7 percent of schools falling short of full accreditation.
Fully accredited – School meets standards set by the state on Standards of Learning exams.
“Strategies like allowing expedited Standards of Learning retakes are helping more students and schools reach for success by measuring student achievement without pinning their futures on just one high stakes test”, McAuliffe said in a statement.
Partially accredited: warned school, pass rate – Schools not close to meeting standards on SOLs and not showing progress.
Conditionally accredited, new school – Awarded for one-year period to new schools.
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Two RPS schools were denied accreditation: The Amelia Street Special Education and the Richmond Alternative school, both of which serve students with disabilities.
