SOL Perfect Score

[Anonymous]

How common are perfect SOL scores of 600?

[Anonymous]

Why do you ask?

[Anonymous]

Did your 6th grader taking Algebra I Honors also get a perfect score this year?

Seems like the Algebra I SOL had no trick questions, so if they knew the material, they got a perfect score.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you ask?

I have a child who is eligible for Algebra in 6th year who just got a 600 on the SOL. Just wondering if that’s common in the AAP classes or not.

[Anonymous]

Three of my kids have earned a 600 on a SOL before and I did not immediately fill out their application for the ivy league

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you ask?

I have a child who is eligible for Algebra in 6th year who just got a 600 on the SOL. Just wondering if that’s common in the AAP classes or not.

A lot common than you think. You need to raise your game and get him into math competition. A normal childhood is for losers. /s

[Anonymous]

4th grade AAP class had 1 perfect score on math out of 26 kids. No reading perfect scores.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the SOL. A few of them are nearly impossible to get a 600, even if all the questions were answered correctly. The state pulls some BS explanation about CAT testing meaning not everyone can get the advanced questions, which means they can't get a 600.

[Anonymous]

I teach math at a low income middle school. There are usually 8-10ish perfect SOL scores per course. So maybe 2-3%? I imagine it’s much higher at richer schools where tutoring and parental support is the norm.

[Anonymous]

One of our kids got a 600 on the fourth grade Virginia history SOL. Said it was super easy. Kid slayed in anything social studies, though. Is now working toward a history related PhD. And that perfect SOL score meant...absolutely nothing. It did not change a thing.

[Anonymous]

DD got a 600 on the 11th grade writing. Seems like a subjective test so I was surprised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I teach math at a low income middle school. There are usually 8-10ish perfect SOL scores per course. So maybe 2-3%? I imagine it’s much higher at richer schools where tutoring and parental support is the norm.

It was the opposite for me. I used to teach at a low income HS and they focused a lot more on SOLs. Because of this, we had more pass advanced and perfect scores. Now I teach at a high SES HS and the SOLs are not focused on at all. The students know they just need to pass one in HS and it doesn’t matter if it’s a 400 or 600. More rush though it and there are fewer pass advanced. I have not had a 600 in any of my math classes in over 5 years at least now. It was before Covid.

[Anonymous]

I have one kid who has gotten perfect scores pretty often in both reading and math. She's smart, but it's still somewhat surprising to me (compared to my other kids). I think she partly just takes the tests more seriously than a lot of other students, for whatever that's worth.

I'm still not sure I would have been comfortable with her in algebra in 6th (though it wasn't an option at that time).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach math at a low income middle school. There are usually 8-10ish perfect SOL scores per course. So maybe 2-3%? I imagine it’s much higher at richer schools where tutoring and parental support is the norm.

It was the opposite for me. I used to teach at a low income HS and they focused a lot more on SOLs. Because of this, we had more pass advanced and perfect scores. Now I teach at a high SES HS and the SOLs are not focused on at all. The students know they just need to pass one in HS and it doesn’t matter if it’s a 400 or 600. More rush though it and there are fewer pass advanced. I have not had a 600 in any of my math classes in over 5 years at least now. It was before Covid.

That’s true, when I taught high school there were way less 600s because the kids knew it was just a box to check. In 7th/8th grade there is still some buy in that they matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of our kids got a 600 on the fourth grade Virginia history SOL. Said it was super easy. Kid slayed in anything social studies, though. Is now working toward a history related PhD. And that perfect SOL score meant...absolutely nothing. It did not change a thing.

Ha - my 4th grader just got a 600 on his VA History SOL. He's obsessed with history and says he wants to be a history professor when he grows up. He also thinks this is going to make him rich, which we've been trying to dispel...