We had this giant honesty gap between what the state was telling students, how they were performing and the reality of how they were performing. There was no accountability. Student performance wasn't included in our accreditation. One in five students missed at least 18 days of school. I'm going to say that again. One in five students missed at Least 18 days of school. And for the first time in the last three decades, based on testing scores, the nation scorecard, Virginia students were average. (09:42–09:47)
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Claims that 20% of Virginia students missed at least 18 days of school.
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