APS SOL Scores?

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Anonymous wrote:I heard that it's because they don't want kids to compare. No idea if that's true, and it seems simple enough to advice parents not share scores with their kids until school is out, if ever.

If your kid didn't retake the SOL, either they passed or they failed and got a score so low that the school didn't think it was worth doing remediation and trying again. I imagine that most parents have a sense of which category their kid fits into, so at least you can go on that.

I don't think it's because they don't want the kids to compare. The kids compare every test, assignment, grade, etc. I think it's because they don't want parents to hassle teachers at the end of the school year.

I'll add that I don't think it's unreasonable for them to hold the tests until the last day of school.

But the question is why FCPS post the scores early and APS delay? Wouldn't same concerns apply across?

Years ago, APS said they only post them after they have been "verified." Peraps FCPS doesn't wait for that?

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There’s no good reason for it. The parents should know as soon as the schools know. Thankfully, in MS & HS, the teachers tell the kids their scores day-off. I think in ES, an individual parent could possibly find out sooner (at least whether the child passed) if they pushed. But they shouldn’t have to.

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Some school systems provide the immediate results that are subject to change and other systems only provide the final, official scores. APSVA does the latter.

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Anonymous wrote:Because they’re meaningless and no one cares?

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I care. My elementary kid was on the bubble with some positive tests and some negative (failures). APS kept telling me kid was fine and failures were testing anxiety or not that important. Kid bombed all SOLs but APS hid that information from me for three months. SOL failure was, for us, straw that broke the camels back. Neuropsch eval revealed LDs. Accommodations and interventions caused significant in child’s testing. It’s deeply troubling to me that APS conceals this information from parents for months when teachers know immediately.

I too fail to see the downside/reason to share the raw scores immediately. Families make summer plans ahead of time for any remedial self-study or tutoring. What good are these scores in August? These scores are not for VBOE power points, they are first and for most for kids and families.

My child had to do one of the SOLs one on one, and was told immediately that she passed. If a family is concerned, maybe they can ask the teacher and school directly? I agree it's awful they don't tell parents that their child failed. Sure, keep the scores private, but if your child failed a test that IMO is pretty basic, the parents deserve to know.

We ask now. And our ES refuses to provide the scores, fyi. North Arlington.

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I believe a superintendent’s message earlier this month said they would be in ParentVUE the last week of June. While that’s not ideal, it’s better than the late July release we’ve had the last few years.

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In MS (APS), the teachers seem to be telling the students soon after the test if they passed. Those who didn't pass will have an opportunity for a retake and/or sign up for summer school. Teachers couldn't tell the actual scores to the students until everyone finished retakes. Parents probably won't get official scores until later this summer. Kids in my child's class seem very interested in their SOL scores since it affects next year's placement - they line up in class to request the numbers.

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Anonymous wrote:I believe a superintendent’s message earlier this month said they would be in ParentVUE the last week of June. While that’s not ideal, it’s better than the late July release we’ve had the last few years.

It's an improvement, but it would be really nice if they were released last week in case parents wanted to speak with teachers about how scores match up with in school performance. Sometimes a test result is just a bad day and sometimes it's not.

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Don't kid yourselves into thinking that elementary SOL scores do not matter. They absolutely matter for placement in 6th grade. I wish -- as does my son -- that we had understood that better before.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s no good reason for it. The parents should know as soon as the schools know. Thankfully, in MS & HS, the teachers tell the kids their scores day-off. I think in ES, an individual parent could possibly find out sooner (at least whether the child passed) if they pushed. But they shouldn’t have to.

This.
- APS teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't kid yourselves into thinking that elementary SOL scores do not matter. They absolutely matter for placement in 6th grade. I wish -- as does my son -- that we had understood that better before.

This is the only reason I care this year about SOLs. This seems to be the one time it really matters

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Different year......same post. Every year, this exact same topic gets posted. And ever year, the post reaches about 5-6 pages. And with all that input, after all these years, I don't think anyone is any closer to why this difference exists. But, one of these years....I'm going to be the first to post it!

[Anonymous]

Can APS add this topic to Engage? Would be nice if they took a survey of the community on when to get SOL scores.

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So it seems like from the message that went out just now that we are getting SOL scores this week. I think that is fine. I mean I don't really understand the reason for this week vs right after they take them, but this gives the school time to do all the makeups and then they come out around the same time as grades, which seems to make sense.

I like that it is coming out at the beginning of the summer so folks can get tutors.

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Anonymous wrote:So it seems like from the message that went out just now that we are getting SOL scores this week. I think that is fine. I mean I don't really understand the reason for this week vs right after they take them, but this gives the school time to do all the makeups and then they come out around the same time as grades, which seems to make sense.

I like that it is coming out at the beginning of the summer so folks can get tutors.

I just looked and I see MOY, BOY, BIBLES, and this is for a 5th grader. (forgive my spelling if I don't get these exactly right). I don't see an explanation of scores or SOLs. Help?

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Anonymous wrote:So it seems like from the message that went out just now that we are getting SOL scores this week. I think that is fine. I mean I don't really understand the reason for this week vs right after they take them, but this gives the school time to do all the makeups and then they come out around the same time as grades, which seems to make sense.

I like that it is coming out at the beginning of the summer so folks can get tutors.

I just looked and I see MOY, BOY, BIBLES, and this is for a 5th grader. (forgive my spelling if I don't get these exactly right). I don't see an explanation of scores or SOLs. Help?

It says by the 24th So likely not uploaded yet