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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock Newj^ jiff Writer
In preparation for the national summit meeting on education held in Charlottesville in September, the State Department of Education published a booklet showing improvements in Virginia’s schools during the 1980s and outlining proposals for the 1990s, which call for dramatic changes in public schools — if they are adopted by the State Board of Education and approved by the General Assembly.
The booklet, "Virginia Public Schools,” shows that Virginia’s students rank above the national average in reading, writing, social studies and science. At the same time, it shows that Virginia’s students are increasingly taking harder courses, especially in mathematics, science and foreign languages.
During the 1982-83 school year, 25 percent of Virginia’s eighth through 12th graders were taking al
92.8%