PWCS: Students Show Progress in Mathematics and Reading; Surpass
Many State AYP Targets Statewide Standards of Learning and
Adequate Yearly Process statistics were released Thursday. - The
following is a press release from Prince William County Schools.
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analyzing these statistics. Nearly 90 percent of students in
Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) passed the Standards
of Learning (SOL) tests in mathematics (87 percent) and reading
(89) assessments administered during the 2010–11 school year. In
addition to assessing student mastery of content standards, the
SOL tests are used in the determination of school, school
division, and state progress toward the Adequate Yearly Progress
(AYP) targets of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.
AYP is based on a complex set of measurements set by NCLB under
which states, school divisions, and individual schools are
required to demonstrate progress toward a standard that
increases each year, with