SOLs unusually low scores in reading this year?

[Anonymous]

Two kids. Both scored at least 50 points lower and no longer getting advanced pass. It’s fine… they don’t count and blah blah.

But… curious if anyone else had this experience? Is it benchmark program? Is it that schools are just overburdened? Or … perhaps my kids just need to get off screens and into books more? 🤣😬😁

[Anonymous]

Yeah, the last one.

At least you were brave enough to include it as a possibility. More than likely it is. And you have the most power to do something about it.

[Anonymous]

My (so far unidentified) non-advanced third grader, who has had low-middling marks on reading and writing and has until recently had IEP services in reading, got pass-advanced. Who knows really?

[Anonymous]

How many threads are you going to post about this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My (so far unidentified) non-advanced third grader, who has had low-middling marks on reading and writing and has until recently had IEP services in reading, got pass-advanced. Who knows really?

Same, my average non-AAP third grader got Pass Advanced. I am convinced this is a troll that works for a Benchmark-competitor. They've posted some variation of this on at least four threads I've read today and then "another person" who has a third grader in AAP posts immediately afterwards. Hm....

[Anonymous]

My AAP 3rd grader who is rarely NOT reading (and who has Lexile scores in the HS range) scored pass-proficient. Who knows.

[Anonymous]

My AAP 5th grader bombed jt, usually very strong test taker.... no clue what is up.

[Anonymous]

IA here. I am hearing the smarter the kid the easier it is on this year’s test to kind of fumble the ball bc they are over-analyzing and many higher grade level English teachers don’t teach to the test bc they assume all the aap kids can get at least proficient so it doesn’t matter. Benchmark helped improve lower students. It was designed to bring along folks, not challenge them.

[Anonymous]

I’m an administrator. Our reading scores look fabulous. Up 8 percentage points with the overall pass rate. Kids that have never passed did great.

[Anonymous]

Higher scores for both kids this yr (4th & 7th) Both pass advanced.

[Anonymous]

Administrator question -- are pass advanced up?

My AAP kid dropped 60 pts ... into his first ever proficient SOL score

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m an administrator. Our reading scores look fabulous. Up 8 percentage points with the overall pass rate. Kids that have never passed did great.

“Kids that have never passed did great”- but how many pass advanced from last year and many years past got just passed proficient? Seems like a lot of the lows got higher and the previously higher got lower. Seems like the talk around our center elementary and middle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IA here. I am hearing the smarter the kid the easier it is on this year’s test to kind of fumble the ball bc they are over-analyzing and many higher grade level English teachers don’t teach to the test bc they assume all the aap kids can get at least proficient so it doesn’t matter. Benchmark helped improve lower students. It was designed to bring along folks, not challenge them.

So what you're saying is that in previous years, AAP teachers taught to the test, and now that AAP students are receiving a real reading and writing curriculum that doesn't teach to the test, we're discovering they're not actually all that advanced when it comes to reading and writing, they've just always been prepped for tests (NNAT, CoGAT, SOL, etc.). Got it.

[Anonymous]

I see scores of 0 for my 5th grader's reading and writing scores. The date administered says June 11. I assume this will be updated at some point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see scores of 0 for my 5th grader's reading and writing scores. The date administered says June 11. I assume this will be updated at some point?

Wait never mind I see scores of Pass Advanced for both reading and science. No score for writing I guess that gets done later? Not in AAP btw.