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promotions,” Biggs commented.
Student advancement to the next grade level will depend on passing each test.
Graduation will also depend not just on completing required courses, such as algebra and geometry, but on passing tests.
This will take effect on a graduated basis over the next seven years
Remedial services such as summer program and tutoring have already begun.
Scores
Third grade pupils in the county school scored far above the state average, with 82 percent of the students passing the math test and 75 percent passing the science test.
• The number of students passing exceeded scores from Fauquier County with Culpeper, Madison and Warren counties trailing behind.
• In the fifth grade, the percentage of students who passed the test exceeded the state average in all subjects except computer technology.
• In the eighth grade, however, the percentage of students passing the test was below the state average on every test they took.
The number of eighth graders able to pass the science, computer technology and history/social studies tests
93.2%