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All PW schools accredited
All Prince William County Public Schools are fully accredited under Commonwealth accreditation guidelines, Superintendent Steven L. Walts has announced. The Virginia Department of Education notified school divisions of accreditation ratings earlier this month. The new accreditation ratings are based on performance during the 2009-10 school year.
All elementary schools exceeded the state math benchmark of 70 percent passing by at least 15 points, and 15 out of 17 middle schools and all high schools scored 80 percent passing or higher, which is 10 points higher than the benchmark, according to Walts.
All PWCS schools achieved higher passing rates in English than the benchmark required for accreditation. All elementary schools scored at least 7 points higher than the 75-percent benchmark with 78 percent of elementary schools scoring at or above 90 percent passing.
All middle schools scored 17 or more points higher than the required benchmark of 70 percent. All 10 high schools also exceeded the 70-percent benchmark by at least 20 points. English includes reading and writing.
All schools also exceeded science and history benchmarks. In history, all schools exceeded their respective benchmarks by 10 points or more. Along with full compliance with state accreditation standards, school performance on Standards of Learning exams is central to earning the “accredited” designation.
At the middle and high school level, at least 70 percent of students must pass the English, math, social studies, and science tests. At the elementary school level, at least 75 percent of students taking the tests must receive passing grades in English.
Elementary students must also achieve pass rates of at least 70 percent in mathematics, fifth-grade science and fourth-grade history, and 50 percent pass rates in third-grade science and third-grade history.
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