Virginia Growth Assessment Next Week
The Virginia Growth Assessment (VGA) is a new test required for students in grades 3-8. The state legislature introduced this requirement to measure student growth and progress within the school year in reading and mathematics.
For fall 2021, VGA will address content that was taught in the previous school year. The purpose of this fall’s VGA is to identify potential learning gaps resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no “passing” or “failing” outcome for the VGA. Results will provide a starting point to measure growth and will offer information about areas of strength and areas for growth in reading and mathematics.
Students enrolled in grades 3-8 will generally take an assessment in both reading and mathematics. However, elementary and middle school students enrolled in a high school credit-bearing math course, such as Algebra 1, will not take a VGA for mathematics. The following points may help you and your student better understand this assessment.
- VGA must be taken in-person at school.
- This online, computer-adaptive test is about half as long as the spring SOL test.
- Questions use Standards of Learning (SOL)-like items to measure current knowledge and skills in the content area.
- Student results will be used to help school staff plan for instruction and supports.
Across Fairfax County, elementary and middle schools will give students the VGA in September or October. The students at Rocky Run will take the tests on Monday, September 27 (Reading) and Wednesday, September 29 (Mathematics) during Rock Time.
More information can be found on the FCPS VGA Website. Please contact Ms. Ashleigh Kim, our School Test Coordinator at ASKim@fcps.edu for any questions.
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World Languages Credit Exam
The 2021 World Languages Credit Exam will be administered on November 16, 17 and 18, 2021. Thirty languages will be included: American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Mandarin), Farsi, French, German, Greek*, Hebrew*, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Pashto, Portuguese*, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Tigrinya, Turkish*, Twi, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
*Greek, Hebrew, Portuguese and Turkish will be offered by the Writing Proficiency Test by Language Testing International. School counselors should register students for these exams by the same process as other languages.
Students can request to meet with their school counselor for registration until Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at 4 PM. Please do not wait until the last minute. Late registrations will not be accepted.
Please contact your child's counselor for any questions.
Detailed credit exam information can be accessed on the FCPS website.
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