Alternative Assessment Assistance Incentive Grant Virginia 替代性评估助奖励津贴弗吉尼亚.docxVIP

Attachment A, Superintendent’s Memo # 292-14 October 24, 2014  PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Virginia Department of Education P. O. Box 2120 Richmond, Virginia 23218-2120 Alternative Assessment Assistance Incentive Grant Program Application Issue Date: October 24, 2014 Issuing Agency: Virginia Department of Education Division of Instruction Proposal Applications Due: December 12, 2014 by 4 p.m. Applications that offer to fulfill the requirements herein and are received by 4 p.m. on December 12, 2014, will be accepted. Applications must be submitted in .pdf format to the Agency Contact. Period of Award: January 9, 2014 – June 30, 2015 Reimbursement Requests Due: June 15, 2015 Final Project Summary Due: September 15, 2015 Agency Contact: John W. Billy Haun, Ed.D. Chief Academic Officer Division of Instruction E-mail:  HYPERLINK mailto:Billy.Haun@ Billy.Haun@ Phone: (804) 225-2034 The Virginia Department of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, political affiliation, veteran status, or against otherwise qualified persons with disabilities in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.Alternative Assessment Assistance Incentive Grant 2014-2015 Program Application Part I. General Information Background: Legislation in the 2014 General Assembly amended §  HYPERLINK /vacode/title22.1/chapter13.2/section22.1-253.13:3/ 22.1-253.13:3.C of the Code of Virginia to eliminate several Standards of Learning (SOL) tests. These are: Grade 3 History, Grade 3 Science, Grade 5 Writing, United States History to 1865, and United States History: 1865 to the Present. Specifically, the Code now states (emphasis added): The Standards of Learning assessments administered to students in grades three through eight shall not exceed (a) reading and mathematics in grades three and four; (b) reading, mathematics, and science in