Son Got 587 on Writing SOL

[Anonymous]

Google tells me that is pretty good. Am I supposed to do something about it? Request APs or something?

[Anonymous]

No. It doesn't mean anything, really. It's more for the school than for your kid -- just means they did a good job teaching your kid how to write in a way that the test takers like.

I'm sure kid is bright and even a good writer. But don't confuse that SOL score with being an achievement or indicator of giftedness or anything like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. It doesn't mean anything, really. It's more for the school than for your kid -- just means they did a good job teaching your kid how to write in a way that the test takers like.

I'm sure kid is bright and even a good writer. But don't confuse that SOL score with being an achievement or indicator of giftedness or anything like that.

So a 400 means NBD?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. It doesn't mean anything, really. It's more for the school than for your kid -- just means they did a good job teaching your kid how to write in a way that the test takers like.

I'm sure kid is bright and even a good writer. But don't confuse that SOL score with being an achievement or indicator of giftedness or anything like that.

So a 400 means NBD?

It means they passed. Mine got a 396 or something like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. It doesn't mean anything, really. It's more for the school than for your kid -- just means they did a good job teaching your kid how to write in a way that the test takers like.

I'm sure kid is bright and even a good writer. But don't confuse that SOL score with being an achievement or indicator of giftedness or anything like that.

So a 400 means NBD?

It means they passed. Mine got a 396 or something like that.

Whats the point of having a numerical score?

[Anonymous]

APS only cares about passing not excellence. You “meet the standard” and that’s all that matters in their eyes.

[Anonymous]

It’s a test for the teachers. Did the teachers teach grade level material in a way the student could learn it?

Or as PP said, the way test writers want the student to demonstrate he or she learned it.

If this score is not consistent with other performance indicators, I would be worried about cheating.

[Anonymous]

It's meaningless. You do nothing. Your kid passed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. It doesn't mean anything, really. It's more for the school than for your kid -- just means they did a good job teaching your kid how to write in a way that the test takers like.

I'm sure kid is bright and even a good writer. But don't confuse that SOL score with being an achievement or indicator of giftedness or anything like that.

So a 400 means NBD?

It means they passed. Mine got a 396 or something like that.

Whats the point of having a numerical score?

Tells you how much you passed or failed by.

[Anonymous]

Way to brag, OP.

[Anonymous]

Are the results out? We are in APS.

[Anonymous]

Just be glad the kid passed. Not everyone does on the first try.

[Anonymous]

It means your kid is at least ready for NVCC.
My kid got a similar score last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Way to brag, OP.

No it isnt.
Some people like to find out where they are on the chart.

[Anonymous]

My kid has advanced on both SOLs. It doesn't mean she can actually do the accelerated work in the school setting (her grades are average). It doesn't really mean a lot.