The Washington Post brags it’s reporting helped Virginia officials decide to sharply limit the alternative testing program to the No Child Left Behind. This alternative test is called the Virginia Grade Level Alternative (or VGLA). It is a portfolio assessment. A portfolio assessment is exactly as it sounds–a collection of work-product done by the student showing mastery of each test question.
The Post claims growing numbers of students are being assessed this alternative way and test scores are noticeably higher as a result.
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