Standards of Learning, certain; assessments, method of administration.

Certain Standards of Learning assessments; methodof administration. Requires (i) the reading and mathematics Standardsof Learning assessments in grades three through eight and the scienceassessments administered to students in grade five and after the student receives instruction in the grade six science, life science,and physical science Standards of Learning and before the studentcompletes grade eight to be traditional achievement tests and (ii)the Virginia Studies and Civics and Economics assessments to be performancebased and to measure the test taker's ability to apply the skillsand knowledge learned in the class. The foregoing provisions of thebill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. The bill alsorequires the Department of Education, with such funds as may be appropriatedfor such purpose pursuant to the general appropriation act, to developa task bank for performance-based assessments that is built using vetted tasks that have been developed by practitioners and alignwith the Department's Virginia Quality Criteria Review Tool for PerformanceAssessments.