Fairfax County students at the bottom rungs of English proficiency performed dismally on Virginia’s standardized tests, with only 35 percent of fourth-graders and only 12 percent of eighth-graders passing, according to Standards of Learning test results unveiled Thursday.
“It’s an extremely low pass rate, which is not a great shock because the kids don’t understand English,” Deputy Superintendent Richard Moniuszko said at a news conference.
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