RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Board of Education has approved new goals for closing achievement gaps in math scores.

The board Thursday approved new annual measurable objectives for math that were part of the state’s application for a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law. The standards were proposed by Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia I. Wright.

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