Comprehensive Instructional Program News Today

Staunton City Schools announced the teachers of the year at each of its schools during the board meeting Monday night.

We return once again to the most recently released results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the “nation’s report card,” and what they do and don’t say

Even for a school division with high Standards of Learning pass rates, officials in Botetourt County and educators elsewhere in Southwest Virginia are giving low marks to standardized tests that

Kudos to Matt Hurt, director of the Comprehensive Instructional Program consortium, for his excellent nine-part series which describes the critical elements necessary to produce high Standards of Learning test scores

The building that houses Matt Hurt’s office rests where a street crossing covers a creek in the 3,000-population town of Wise, far closer to the Kentucky border than the Star

Editor’s note: This commentary by Hurt is the fourth in a multipart series examining the Virginia Standards of Learning, adapted by the author from a series of essays published in