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22 Fredericksburg Parent and Family • December 2023 Table 2 Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, and Stafford SOL Outcomes All Grade Levels Shine in the SOLs CITY SCHOOLS How Well Did Our Public Schools Do On the State SOLs? WRITTEN BY MATT HURT The SOL results for our area were full of good news for area math teachers. All three divisions did better with math performance. The table below displays the increase in math performance. Table 1 Virginia SOL Outcomes All Grade Levels The performance of local school divisions mirror the state results in that math performance improved more than reading performance. As demonstrated in Table 2, however, Fredericksburg is a standout. The students' outcomes improved more than stu- dents in either Spotsylvania or Stafford counties, and signifi- cantly more than the state average. Fredericksburg's overall pass rate difference was nearly three times the state average. Not only did Fredericksburg realize the most improve- ment among these three divisions overall, but it real- ized greater gains or smaller declines among most subgroups in reading and math. The lone exception was the Hispanic subgroup in math, where Stafford students realized slightly better improvement. Any way you slice it, Fredericksburg demonstrated the most improvement of any local school division from 2022 to 2023. Student outcomes improved significantly overall in math, in reading, and in almost every subgroup. The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step, and if the educators in this division can maintain the for- ward momentum, the students will certainly benefit. Matt Hurt is the Director at Comprehensive Instructional Program in Wise, Virginia and an expert on Virginia SOLS. Reach him at mhurt@cip.education. This article has been edited for length and is from our sister nonprofitnews- room, the FXBGAdvance. For the full report and more statistics, go to fxbgadvance.com Table 4 Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, and Stafford Overall SOL Pass Rate and State Ranking Difference from 2022 to 2023 As shown in Table 4, Fredericksburg not only realized the greatest improvement in overall pass rate among itself, Spot- sylvania, and Stafford, but it also improved the most in state ranking, outperforming its two neighboring divisions rankings from 2022 to 2023. Stafford maintained the same rank over that time period, while six other divisions surpassed Spotsylva- nia's performance.