Virginia teachers are going to be assessed on âcultural competency.â What does that mean? A report from the state's African American History Education Commission recommends overhauling how African American history is taught in Virginia schools. (Source: Mechelle Hankerson/ Virginia Mercury) By Kate Masters | April 1, 2021 at 9:44 AM EDT - Updated April 1 at 9:44 AM Makya Little was helping her fourth-grade daughter review for the Virginia Studies SOL, a standardized test on state history when she found herself taken aback by one of the questions on the study guide. âShe gets to this one question that says âWhatâs the status of the early African?ââ said Little, who lives in Prince William County. The correct answer, according to the class materials, was âunknown. They were either servants or enslaved.â