Roanoke high school in SOL probe

ROANOKE -- Virginia officials are investigating possible irregularities in Standards of Learning testing at a Roanoke high school.

Virginia Department of Education spokesman Charles Pyle said state officials received an anonymous tip Friday that some William Fleming High School students were being excluded from Algebra I testing.

City school officials say the alleged exclusion may have involved students with disabilities.

Pyle says the state is also investigating another anonymous tip alleging that some William Fleming students were excluded from geometry testing last year.

Pyle says the state receives dozens of reports of irregularities during the testing cycle, but few involve attempts to compromise the tests' security.

Roanoke Schools Superintendent Rita Bishop declined to comment.