Newly-released test scores showed that Virginia students are still struggling to recover in reading and math after the pandemic.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Thursday announced a series of steps — including an “intensive” tutoring program — to help improve academic performance as newly-released test scores showed students are still struggling to recover in reading and math after the pandemic.The plan also includes expanding the Virginia Literacy Act to hire and train reading specialists for grades 4 through 8, and launching a task force focused on reducing chronic absenteeism.
“The Playbook fosters collaboration between the Virginia Department of Education, between the school divisions with community leaders, with parents, with students, with every one involved in our children’s lives,” Youngkin said at a news conference in Richmond. “It focuses on an effort to fundamentally change the direction of these numbers.
The data showed that students who were chronically absent — those who missed at least 18 days — scored 18 percent lower in reading and 25 percent lower in math than students with regular attendance. The Virginia Department of Education said the number of chronically absent students doubled in 2022-23 compared to the 2018-19 school year.
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