More than a third of Northern Virginia schools failed this year to meet standards set by the federal No Child Left Behind law, up from a failure rate of 20 percent in 2006, according to preliminary test results released Thursday by the Virginia Department of Education.
The results of the annual math and reading tests determine whether each school is meeting the annual benchmarks required by federal law. The targets gradually increase each year andby 2014, all students must pass the reading and math tests.
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