Virginia public schools have been deceiving parents

[Anonymous]

Students who showed proficiency in SOLs are failing nationally normed tests. This is why Virginia did not want common core. They knew their students would fail and wanted to appease parents with inflated grading.
https://wtop.com/virginia/2022/05/state-report-blasts-virginias-public-schools/

"A Virginia Department of Education report released Thursday morning slammed the state of the commonwealth’s public schools, saying expectations, standards and academic performance have all been in decline, while the achievement gap among Virginia’s students has grown.

The report, presented Thursday morning by Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow and Secretary of Education Aimee Guidera, also says the state has failed to be transparent about academic failings and calls for an expanded say for parents in public education.

The report blames lagging achievement on a series of factors and policy choices that took place over the last decade and were exacerbated by school closures in 2020 and 2021, state officials said on a call with reporters Thursday morning.

“I think there’s a general culture of just lowering of expectations,” Guidera said. “What happened before today is we took our eye off the ball.”

Among its core takeaways, the report states that state Standards of Learning reading test results fell from 2017 to 2019 for grades three through eight, and that 42% of Virginia’s second graders scored below reading benchmarks on PALS assessment (a metric developed by the University of Virginia that’s used in Virginia elementary schools). The report also points to a growing gap between SOL results and national assessment results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, calling the difference an “honesty gap.”

“Only 38% of Virginia’s fourth graders and 33% of eighth graders were proficient in reading on the 2019 NAEP, compared to 75% and 76%, respectively, on the 2019 state fourth- and eighth-grade SOL reading tests,” the report says."

[Anonymous]

I would be very skeptical of reports coming from people who were appointed to these roles for the specific purpose of undermining confidence in public education to create an opportunity to roll out for-profit charter schools.

[Anonymous]

There are some very real regional differences surrounding the importance of education and the quality of schools. I would guess that the kids in FCPS and surrounding counties are in good shape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are some very real regional differences surrounding the importance of education and the quality of schools. I would guess that the kids in FCPS and surrounding counties are in good shape.

You will have to guess because Virginia's SOL scores can't be trusted. We need to switch to nationally normed tests across the board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be very skeptical of reports coming from people who were appointed to these roles for the specific purpose of undermining confidence in public education to create an opportunity to roll out for-profit charter schools.

And I’d bet my FCPS paycheck that OP is one of those parties interested in dismantling public education.

[Anonymous]

So what’s the pass rate for the PARCC test in another state and its comparison to NAEP? None of this (what OP posted) matters unless we know how results from the PARCC match up to NAEP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be very skeptical of reports coming from people who were appointed to these roles for the specific purpose of undermining confidence in public education to create an opportunity to roll out for-profit charter schools.

And I’d bet my FCPS paycheck that OP is one of those parties interested in dismantling public education.

I bet you are one of those parents whose kids benefit from inflated grades. Maybe you have connections such that your nearly illiterate kid will still have a steady income no matter their life choices. But the rest of the 98% of income earners need their kid to actually learn enough to be competetive in the workplace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be very skeptical of reports coming from people who were appointed to these roles for the specific purpose of undermining confidence in public education to create an opportunity to roll out for-profit charter schools.

And I’d bet my FCPS paycheck that OP is one of those parties interested in dismantling public education.

I bet you are one of those parents whose kids benefit from inflated grades. Maybe you have connections such that your nearly illiterate kid will still have a steady income no matter their life choices. But the rest of the 98% of income earners need their kid to actually learn enough to be competetive in the workplace.

DP. My kids have learned plenty in their APS schools. I have no concerns about their level of education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be very skeptical of reports coming from people who were appointed to these roles for the specific purpose of undermining confidence in public education to create an opportunity to roll out for-profit charter schools.

And I’d bet my FCPS paycheck that OP is one of those parties interested in dismantling public education.

I bet you are one of those parents whose kids benefit from inflated grades. Maybe you have connections such that your nearly illiterate kid will still have a steady income no matter their life choices. But the rest of the 98% of income earners need their kid to actually learn enough to be competetive in the workplace.

Wtf!?!?

[Anonymous]

I’ve never heard of NAEP and I am pretty sure APS doesn’t participate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be very skeptical of reports coming from people who were appointed to these roles for the specific purpose of undermining confidence in public education to create an opportunity to roll out for-profit charter schools.

And I’d bet my FCPS paycheck that OP is one of those parties interested in dismantling public education.

I bet you are one of those parents whose kids benefit from inflated grades. Maybe you have connections such that your nearly illiterate kid will still have a steady income no matter their life choices. But the rest of the 98% of income earners need their kid to actually learn enough to be competetive in the workplace.

Ahhh, so you are one of those operatives. Must be your night to troll DCUM with your vitriol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are some very real regional differences surrounding the importance of education and the quality of schools. I would guess that the kids in FCPS and surrounding counties are in good shape.

You will have to guess because Virginia's SOL scores can't be trusted. We need to switch to nationally normed tests across the board.

We do. Math Inventory is nationally normed. So is the reading Inventory. And DIBELS is a nationally administered literacy assessment for elementary school students with criterion based scoring. The issue is that VA is not a common core state so it has to have a test aligned to the state standards which are the SOLs. PARCC is common core aligned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be very skeptical of reports coming from people who were appointed to these roles for the specific purpose of undermining confidence in public education to create an opportunity to roll out for-profit charter schools.

And I’d bet my FCPS paycheck that OP is one of those parties interested in dismantling public education.

I agree also FCPS and Aps have both already switched. In fact they have been using nationally normed dDRA and now the dibels as reading tests for the last 2 years. FCPS uses it easy also nationally normed (but junk).

[Anonymous]

I’ll add that this post comes from youngkins troll farm- and it is how he won the election.
Gross

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll add that this post comes from youngkins troll farm- and it is how he won the election.
Gross

Which is another way of saying what 19:48 posted.