Welcome

NEW: VCSS has been awarded the Silver Star award in recognition of its impressive accomplishments.

Welcome to the new VCSS web site. We'll be updating information frequently as well as information on the NCSS Conference in Washington, D.C. this year.

NEW: Teacher of the Year information can be found on the DOWNLOADS page.

Download the February issue of The Sentinel here. Stories include:

Comments on Old Virginia: Past and Present
The NCSS Conference for 2011
NEW Summer Workshops
Mini-Grant Information
Economic Education
The Virginia Sesquicentennial
The Stock Market Game
Information on Online Courses
Malcolm Richard Wilkey Civics Competition
A note from Tracy Dussia on Denver

In Our Own Backyard by Tracy Dussia

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The new k - 8 SOL cut scores:

Grade 3: 23 for pass/proficient and 35 for pass/advanced as recommended by the Articulation

Committee

Virginia Studies: 21 for pass/proficient and 32 for pass/advanced as recommended by the

Articulation Committee

U.S. History to 1865: 22 for pass/proficient and 34 for pass/advanced as recommended by the

Articulation Committee

U.S. History: 1865 to the Present: 22 for pass/proficient and 34 for pass/advanced as

recommended by the Articulation Committee

Civics and Economics: 21 for pass/proficient as recommended by the Articulation Committee

and 34 for pass/advanced based on the rounded results of the Round 3 results of the standard

setting committee

As for High School, here is the "Passing Scores Adopted by the Board of Education for the New End-of-Course History/Social Science Tests Based on the 2008 Standards of Learning"

Board of Education Withdraws Approval of Two Textbooks