If your junior had a significant improvement in grade this year...

[Anonymous]

Just got an email that FCPS is having an in school administration of the SAT for seniors in the fall. So now your kid has 0 excuse not to submit scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just got an email that FCPS is having an in school administration of the SAT for seniors in the fall. So now your kid has 0 excuse not to submit scores.

Why do you care if other people's kids submit scores? The only excuse they need it that schools are allowing test optional. My kid will submit scores but each kid has to decide on their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just got an email that FCPS is having an in school administration of the SAT for seniors in the fall. So now your kid has 0 excuse not to submit scores.

Was that an email from your school directly? I have a rising senior in FCPS and have not received an email.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you have any evidence that there are lots of kids who “significantly” improved their grades because of virtual learning?

Also, this class had half of their 6 semesters virtual. Hard to know whether they would have improved anyway. And agree that test scores should be submitted.

I have a friend who made it her full time job to do her junior’s homework and tests. No joke. This kid has straight As and didn’t do a thing.

In my daughter’s experience, a lot of friends were cheating by using facetime and texting during tests. One friend got caught cheating on tests, submitting the same paper as a friend twice, etc and still got an A. The regular level classes made it very easy to cheat because they give standard multiple choice tests, but in the IB classes, every test given is an essay test and there is really no way to cheat, so grades were pretty normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got an email that FCPS is having an in school administration of the SAT for seniors in the fall. So now your kid has 0 excuse not to submit scores.

Was that an email from your school directly? I have a rising senior in FCPS and have not received an email.

Yes. It was from the HS directly, in my inbox directly. It says *tentative* date of 10/12. I got an early preview because my kid has a 504 for ADHD, and they wanted to know on a short turn around. if she will be using/ requesting accommodations (she won’t. In fact, she has a 34 on the ACT and likely won’t even sit for the SAT).

But, it’s links to announcement by FCPS: https://www.fcps.edu/node/43603

[Anonymous]

^^ sorry. In my inbox *this morning*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just got an email that FCPS is having an in school administration of the SAT for seniors in the fall. So now your kid has 0 excuse not to submit scores.

You seem unbelievably invested in other people’s kids and their test scores. How about stay in your lane and stop obsessing over kids unless they’re your own?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you have any evidence that there are lots of kids who “significantly” improved their grades because of virtual learning?

Also, this class had half of their 6 semesters virtual. Hard to know whether they would have improved anyway. And agree that test scores should be submitted.

At many schools, at every level of education, teachers were told to be EXTREMELY understanding and forgiving, under the assumption that all underachievement could be pinned on COVID. So, in additional to cheating, I think that grading standards were relaxed last year. (And the format of many assessments were changed, because the teacher was not comfortable giving an proctored exam. So sometimes papers were substituted, or open book exams.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have any evidence that there are lots of kids who “significantly” improved their grades because of virtual learning?

Also, this class had half of their 6 semesters virtual. Hard to know whether they would have improved anyway. And agree that test scores should be submitted.

I have a friend who made it her full time job to do her junior’s homework and tests. No joke. This kid has straight As and didn’t do a thing.

In my daughter’s experience, a lot of friends were cheating by using facetime and texting during tests. One friend got caught cheating on tests, submitting the same paper as a friend twice, etc and still got an A. The regular level classes made it very easy to cheat because they give standard multiple choice tests, but in the IB classes, every test given is an essay test and there is really no way to cheat, so grades were pretty normal.

What a truly awful parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got an email that FCPS is having an in school administration of the SAT for seniors in the fall. So now your kid has 0 excuse not to submit scores.

You seem unbelievably invested in other people’s kids and their test scores. How about stay in your lane and stop obsessing over kids unless they’re your own?

It’s a statement of fact, relevant to this thread. FCPS is offering the SAT for free to all seniors in the fall, during the school day. So, colleges will know every FCPS applicant had a chance to get a score (which is the whole point of school day testing).

Why do you find a simple statement of fact so threatening? Why so hostile? We’re you hoping your 1260 SAT kid could get into Harvard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have any evidence that there are lots of kids who “significantly” improved their grades because of virtual learning?

Also, this class had half of their 6 semesters virtual. Hard to know whether they would have improved anyway. And agree that test scores should be submitted.

I have a friend who made it her full time job to do her junior’s homework and tests. No joke. This kid has straight As and didn’t do a thing.

In my daughter’s experience, a lot of friends were cheating by using facetime and texting during tests. One friend got caught cheating on tests, submitting the same paper as a friend twice, etc and still got an A. The regular level classes made it very easy to cheat because they give standard multiple choice tests, but in the IB classes, every test given is an essay test and there is really no way to cheat, so grades were pretty normal.

Your “friend” sounds like an outlier. My kid has been working her butt off all year in virtual classes. She has a mix of grades and earned every one of them, including the As.

Really sick of this insinuation that kids with As must have cheated. Perhaps yours did. That’s all you need to worry about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have any evidence that there are lots of kids who “significantly” improved their grades because of virtual learning?

Also, this class had half of their 6 semesters virtual. Hard to know whether they would have improved anyway. And agree that test scores should be submitted.

I have a friend who made it her full time job to do her junior’s homework and tests. No joke. This kid has straight As and didn’t do a thing.

In my daughter’s experience, a lot of friends were cheating by using facetime and texting during tests. One friend got caught cheating on tests, submitting the same paper as a friend twice, etc and still got an A. The regular level classes made it very easy to cheat because they give standard multiple choice tests, but in the IB classes, every test given is an essay test and there is really no way to cheat, so grades were pretty normal.

yep. I know a lot (a half dozen plus?) parents who checked and corrected every.single.one of their high schoolers assignments this year (and/or did many of them outright).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got an email that FCPS is having an in school administration of the SAT for seniors in the fall. So now your kid has 0 excuse not to submit scores.

You seem unbelievably invested in other people’s kids and their test scores. How about stay in your lane and stop obsessing over kids unless they’re your own?

I perceive that is the pp is trying to be helpful. The delivery may be a little crass, but the message is valid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got an email that FCPS is having an in school administration of the SAT for seniors in the fall. So now your kid has 0 excuse not to submit scores.

You seem unbelievably invested in other people’s kids and their test scores. How about stay in your lane and stop obsessing over kids unless they’re your own?

It’s a statement of fact, relevant to this thread. FCPS is offering the SAT for free to all seniors in the fall, during the school day. So, colleges will know every FCPS applicant had a chance to get a score (which is the whole point of school day testing).

Why do you find a simple statement of fact so threatening? Why so hostile? We’re you hoping your 1260 SAT kid could get into Harvard?

Talk about hostile ^^^. It’s amusing how obsessed you are with other people’s kids and whether or not they choose to submit scores. You need a hobby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have any evidence that there are lots of kids who “significantly” improved their grades because of virtual learning?

Also, this class had half of their 6 semesters virtual. Hard to know whether they would have improved anyway. And agree that test scores should be submitted.

I have a friend who made it her full time job to do her junior’s homework and tests. No joke. This kid has straight As and didn’t do a thing.

In my daughter’s experience, a lot of friends were cheating by using facetime and texting during tests. One friend got caught cheating on tests, submitting the same paper as a friend twice, etc and still got an A. The regular level classes made it very easy to cheat because they give standard multiple choice tests, but in the IB classes, every test given is an essay test and there is really no way to cheat, so grades were pretty normal.

Your “friend” sounds like an outlier. My kid has been working her butt off all year in virtual classes. She has a mix of grades and earned every one of them, including the As.

Really sick of this insinuation that kids with As must have cheated. Perhaps yours did. That’s all you need to worry about.

If your kid doesn’t have straight As that are a stark contrast to the rest of their academic record, no one is even talking to you. Chill.