Assessment Supplement For Virginia Studies As Legislative Mandate: House Bill 930 and Senate Bill 306 Legislation in the 2014 General Assembly amended § 22.1-253.13:3.C of the to eliminate several Standards of Learning (SOL) Code of Virginia tests: Grade 3 History, Grade 3 Science, Grade 5 Writing, United States History to 1865, and United States History: 1865 to the Present. Specifically, the states (emphasis added): Code The Standards of Learning assessments administered to students in grades three through eight shall not exceed (a) reading and mathematics in grades three and four; (b) reading, mathematics, and science in grade five; (c) reading and mathematics in grades six and seven; (d) reading, writing, and mathematics in grade eight; (e) science after the student receives instruction in the grade six science, life science, and physical science Standards of Learning and before the student completes grade eight; and (f) Virginia Studies and Civics and Economics once each at the grade levels deemed appropriate by each local school board. The following chart outlines the local additional content that should be integrated into your division’s history and social science curriculum for the administration of the state SOL assessment for history and social science. Reporting 2008 Content that must be added to 2015 local curriculum for history and Category Standard social science (2008) VS.5c The Battle of Great Bridge was the first land battle of the American History Revolution fought in Virginia. The American victory forced the British VS.2f-g colonial governor to flee the City of Norfolk. VS.3a, e-g VS.5b-c Jack Jouett rode on horseback through the backwoods of Virginia to VS.6a Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson, then the governor of Virginia, VS.7a-c that the British were coming to arrest him and members of the General VS.9b, d Assembly. VS.9b Woodrow Wilson was a twentieth-century president who wrote a plan for world peace. George C. Marshall was a military leader who created an economic plan to ensure world peace.
Assessment Supplement For Virginia Studies As Legislative Mandate: House Bill 930 and Senate Bill 306 Legislation in the 2014 General Assembly amended § 22.1-253.13:3.C of the Code of Virginia to eliminate several Standards of Learning (SOL) tests: Grade 3 History, Grade 3 Science, Grade 5 Writing, United States History to 1865, and United States History: 1865 to the Present. Specifically, the Code states (emphasis added): The Standards of Learning assessments administered to students in grades three through eight shall not exceed (a) reading and mathematics in grades three and four; (b) reading, mathematics, and science in grade five; (c) reading and mathematics in grades six and seven; (d) reading, writing, and mathematics in grade eight; (e) science after the student receives instruction in the grade six science, life science, and physical science Standards of Learning and before the student completes grade eight; and (f) Virginia Studies and Civics and Economics once each at the grade levels deemed appropriate by each local school board. The following chart outlines the additional content that should be integrated into your division’s local history and social science curriculum for the administration of the state SOL assessment for history and social science. Reporting Category (2008) 2008 Standard Content that must be added to 2015 local curriculum for history and social science History VS.2f-g VS.3a, e-g VS.5b-c VS.6a VS.7a-c VS.9b, d VS.5c The Battle of Great Bridge was the first land battle of the American Revolution fought in Virginia. The American victory forced the British colonial governor to flee the City of Norfolk. Jack Jouett rode on horseback through the backwoods of Virginia to Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson, then the governor of Virginia, that the British were coming to arrest him and members of the General Assembly. VS.9b Woodrow Wilson was a twentieth-century president who wrote a plan for world peace. George C. Marshall was a military leader who created an economic plan to ensure world peace.
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