Fairfax Co. leaders worry new Va. rating system will paint inaccurate picture of school performance

School leaders in Fairfax County are blasting recent changes to the way Virginia’s public schools are rated, arguing the new system will paint an inaccurate picture of how schools and students are performing.

During a work session last week, Michael Molloy, director of the school district’s government relations office, told school board members the new system is “extremely heavily weighted toward mastery, toward passing a test,” and that while there is a growth component included in the evaluation...