PARKERSBURG – The West Virginia Department of Education and state Board of Education have released the West Virginia Schools Balanced Scorecard Thursday as part of West Virginia’s School Accountability System.

Initial data shows the majority of area schools only partially meeting standards in a variety of accountability areas, though officials say this is the first year for the new accountability system.

The department released the accountability results at noon Thursday, though preliminary scores for the state General Summative Assessment were released on a county-basis Tuesday. Each of the accountability standards measured school performance at one of four levels: Did not meet standards, partially met standards, met standards, or exceeded standards.

Wood County Schools Superintendent Will Hosaflook said it will take educators time to sort through the data provided by the accountability scores. While Wood County Schools exceeded state GSA scores for every grade in every subject, few of the district’s 29 schools fared well on accountability measures, and none received a perfect score, he said.

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