The Rising Star Award recognizes school divisions and schools that have met all state and federal accountability standards for two consecutive years and have improved their VIP scores significantly from the previous year. (doe.virginia.gov)
Because some states are experimenting with value - added approaches to measuring school progress, it's important that federal accountability standards allow for this type of innovation. (educationnext.org)
The board voted 8 - 1 July 9 to approve the requirement, which could be could be phased in for the state's nearly 490,000 8th graders as early as the 2009 - 10 school year if the plan passes muster under federal accountability standards. (edweek.org)