Changes Considered for Educational Standards

Legislative leaders want the West Virginia Board of Education to consider additional changes to the state’s K-12 math and English language arts standards. House Education Committee chairwoman Amanda Pasdon told The Charleston Gazette-Mail that she and Senate Education Committee chairman Dave Sypolt planned to meet on Monday with Board of Education president Mike Green to suggest additional changes. She declined to provide details until after the meeting. The state Department of Education recommended in November that the state drop educational standards based on Common Core. The department recommended new standards that include handwriting instruction in grades K-4, and the expectation for students to learn multiplication tables by the end of grade 3.