Va. education department says failed proposal to delay cut scores stemmed from legislative mandates

By: Nathaniel Cline

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: July 14, 2026

Words: 922

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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The Virginia Department of Education says its unsuccessful and much-criticized pitch to push back the state’s new proficiency benchmarks for reading and math by two years was a result of legislative mandates, recommendations from the state’s official legislative watchdog and feedback from a statewide listening tour over a span of three months.

Last month, staff presented the proposal to the Board of Education to continue the state’s plan to raise academic benchmarks for students in …

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