RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia leaders and education officials are celebrating following improvements in the Commonwealth's Standards of Learning (SOL) test results in math and reading in the 2024-2025 school year.

Leaders say the improvements are particularly noteworthy because this year's test was a little tougher. It required students to demonstrate their ability to retain and apply knowledge of 30 to 40 percent more content in order to pass compared to last year’s test.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin said the results show that efforts to improve education in Virginia are working. Here's a closer look at the data .

“For the last three and a half years, we have undertaken an effort to transform education in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and to end the era of lowered expectations. This year, we sig

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