Gone are the days of Virginia having the lowest proficient proficiency baseline in the country, cheating our students by shuffling them along, or worse, lying about whether they could read or do math at grade level. We made our standardized tests harder and the students did better, including a 20% surge in math proficiency. Of course, students can't learn if they aren't in school school in the first place. We locked arms together with the all in Virginia plan. (39:35–39:43)
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Asserts that harder standardized tests led to a 20% increase in math proficiency.
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