Algebra Honors final

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Anonymous wrote:Is your kid in 7th grade? The push to take algebra earlier and earlier is not a good thing.

I know a number of kids who struggled this year, and it wasn’t just about the students being pushed in too early. These were kids who were deemed “ready” by all standards — elementary teacher recommendation, 99% IAAT, pass advanced on SOL. These students also pass advanced the algebra SOL this year, worked hard all year, and now won’t earn an A. These are students who clearly know the material by all state standards, what is the actual point of crushing them on the final? At our school, the only kids I know who sailed through and thought it was easy, were those who already learned the material outside the classroom. That’s a problem.

OP said Algebra honors. The SOL is not honors material so would expect honors kids to do better on that and for the final exam to be harder for them.

Yeah, I get it. But if you want honors curriculum on the test, then teach it in the classroom. At a certain point, when the average is 75%, it’s not just on the students.

It is on students if they got used to retakes as their way to take a test. Teachers can’t force students to review for finals.

That’s a ridiculous assumption to make. My DC at Longfellow did not do retakes (A’s on the test), were deemed ready to take Algebra by all standards, PA on the SOL, studied for the final, and dropped half a grade on the final.

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Do finals allow the use of calculator? Is there partial credit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is your kid in 7th grade? The push to take algebra earlier and earlier is not a good thing.

I know a number of kids who struggled this year, and it wasn’t just about the students being pushed in too early. These were kids who were deemed “ready” by all standards — elementary teacher recommendation, 99% IAAT, pass advanced on SOL. These students also pass advanced the algebra SOL this year, worked hard all year, and now won’t earn an A. These are students who clearly know the material by all state standards, what is the actual point of crushing them on the final? At our school, the only kids I know who sailed through and thought it was easy, were those who already learned the material outside the classroom. That’s a problem.

OP said Algebra honors. The SOL is not honors material so would expect honors kids to do better on that and for the final exam to be harder for them.

Yeah, I get it. But if you want honors curriculum on the test, then teach it in the classroom. At a certain point, when the average is 75%, it’s not just on the students.

It is on students if they got used to retakes as their way to take a test. Teachers can’t force students to review for finals.

That’s a ridiculous assumption to make. My DC at Longfellow did not do retakes (A’s on the test), were deemed ready to take Algebra by all standards, PA on the SOL, studied for the final, and dropped half a grade on the final.

Unit tests and finals are 2 different types of tests and students need to learn to do both-and finals especially if plan to take AP tests in future. And like other posters say here, if final is 10% and if have 93 each quarter (lowest A), could get 90 on final and still maintain A. If have 95 each quarter, can get a 70 on final and still get A. If 100% each quarter, could fail final and still keep A for year.