Data released this month indicate high levels of failure on Virginia’s Standard of Learning exams among Fairfax County’s multilanguage students, formerly labeled English language learners.
2023-2024 Multilanguage Learner SOL Proficiency
Fairfax CountyVirginiaEnglish Reading31%33%Writing6%26%Math42%42%Science29%29%History17%36%
Fairfax County’s multilanguage students are performing poorly, but it is even worse than it seems when comparing scores across Virginia. They have shocking rates of failure in writing and history that are far worse than the other multilanguage learners in other Virginia public school districts.
After January 2021, when the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors passed its sanctuary policy, the number of students who are multilanguage learners increased significantly. By 2023, 26.5% of the district’s students were labeled multilanguage learners. This has created a substantial resource and learning gap burden for our
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