Calculator ban proposed for Virginia tests

Published December 1, 2012 5:00am ET



Students would be banned from using their calculators on the seventh- and eighth-grade Standards of Learning math exams under a bill introduced by a state lawmaker from Fairfax County.

The House legislation also would keep students who couldn’t pass the eighth-grade standardized tests from signing up for Algebra 1 or a more advanced math course in the ninth grade.

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