is it difficult to get full score in all subjects in SOL?

[Anonymous]

is it difficult to get full score in all subjects in SOL?

[Anonymous]

What grade and subjects?

[Anonymous]

In past years my kid has gotten all 600s.

This year, 6th grade, child got one 600, on upper 500s and a 480 on the 7th grade math SOL.

She said that as kids were peeking at the results she could hear exclaimations of 480 in Math! From kid after kid. She said she knows of only one in her class that got over 500, but many with 480.

[Anonymous]

It could be that the teacher did not cover some questions so the entire class missed some questions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It could be that the teacher did not cover some questions so the entire class missed some questions

Possibly.

She got her middle school paperwork today and was still placed in honors algebra in spite of the 480. My guess is from that and what she said about the classmates' comments is that there was likely one or two questions that everyone or most of the kids missed. 480 is only one question from pass advanced.

Iowa score was very high, upper 90s so I am sure that factored in as well.

[Anonymous]

^^We really like the teacher and think she did an excellent job, so we were really bummed about not getting passed advanced. My kid usually scores well and she wanted to make the teacher look good

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised they placed in algebra with a 480. The rules are clear. There is an appeal procedure, I understand. My 6th grader got a 600 on the 7th grade math SOL. 600 on one other and 580 on the last. (To answer OPs question). She has gotten all 600s in the past but felt reading was hard this year and last.

[Anonymous]

I don't know why either as we did not ask for it.

It is just a prelim schedule and the SOL results are not the final one. Perhaps the SOL scores will change when the official results come out, or perhaps the math placement will be different when she receives her actual schedule in the fall.

I am not worried about it now. We will roll with whatever class she ends up with in the fall.

Do the SOL scores ever change between the initial score report and the final score report due to things like a faulty question being thrown out?

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised they placed in algebra with a 480. The rules are clear. There is an appeal procedure, I understand. My 6th grader got a 600 on the 7th grade math SOL. 600 on one other and 580 on the last. (To answer OPs question). She has gotten all 600s in the past but felt reading was hard this year and last.

[Anonymous]

My 6th grader came home after the 6th grade history SOL sure he did not miss any. He got a 579 on that, but a 600 on 7th grade math and reading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It could be that the teacher did not cover some questions so the entire class missed some questions

Possibly.

She got her middle school paperwork today and was still placed in honors algebra in spite of the 480. My guess is from that and what she said about the classmates' comments is that there was likely one or two questions that everyone or most of the kids missed. 480 is only one question from pass advanced.

Iowa score was very high, upper 90s so I am sure that factored in as well.

I don't think 480 is one question away from pass advanced because my child got a 490. In his center, out of over 100 kids, only twenty or so did NOT pass advanced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It could be that the teacher did not cover some questions so the entire class missed some questions

Possibly.

She got her middle school paperwork today and was still placed in honors algebra in spite of the 480. My guess is from that and what she said about the classmates' comments is that there was likely one or two questions that everyone or most of the kids missed. 480 is only one question from pass advanced.

Iowa score was very high, upper 90s so I am sure that factored in as well.

I don't think 480 is one question away from pass advanced because my child got a 490. In his center, out of over 100 kids, only twenty or so did NOT pass advanced.

It was 490. Not 480.

[Anonymous]

Just looked at the backside of the schedule.

It is a prelim placement and will be adjusted accordingly once the official SOL scores come in.

Sounds like it is just a placeholder for their administrative purposes which makes more sense.

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised they placed in algebra with a 480. The rules are clear. There is an appeal procedure, I understand. My 6th grader got a 600 on the 7th grade math SOL. 600 on one other and 580 on the last. (To answer OPs question). She has gotten all 600s in the past but felt reading was hard this year and last.

[Anonymous]

I'll take anything over 400.