Not only is the state tracking a school’s accreditation status, the Virginia Department of Education is now assigning scores and rankings that provide more insights into whether schools are meeting standards across multiple different measures and student groups.
The changes come as part of Governor Glenn Youngkin’s push to reform the public education accountability system and, in part, address concerns that the previous accreditation process did not truly reflect how well or poorly students were performing on key indicators of success.
“For decades, Virginia’s used the term ‘fully accredited.’ It’s been our understanding,” VDOE Assistant Superintendent Mark Jennings told the State Board of Education during a meeting on Wednesday. “People think ‘my school’s fully accredited’ means this that’s good, you should be fully accredited but we also want to look at the performance, and with those resources, you’re in compliance, how are your students doing?”
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