Teachers helping kids on SOL tests

[Anonymous]

DS told me a teacher was helping a student on her math SOL and was advising students to redo math problems that were incorrect, including my son. Is this allowed? my son says it is cheating. Should I inform someone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS told me a teacher was helping a student on her math SOL and was advising students to redo math problems that were incorrect, including my son. Is this allowed? my son says it is cheating. Should I inform someone?

This is not allowed at all. The teacher can be fired for this.

[Anonymous]

The teacher can also lose her teaching license.

[Anonymous]

Contact the principal.

[Anonymous]

Make sure this wasn't the practice test before you inform anyone. DC did practice problems this year because of the new format of the math SOL. I'm sure your child knows the difference, but sometimes when my DC tells me something about school, especially if he's upset by it, he might focus on what he's upset about and I'll have to ask questions to get the surrounding details.

[Anonymous]

Wow. I have to go through an hour plus of training each year where they basically just repeat "the only thing you can say is, "Try your best", ad nauseum. No excuse for helping kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make sure this wasn't the practice test before you inform anyone. DC did practice problems this year because of the new format of the math SOL. I'm sure your child knows the difference, but sometimes when my DC tells me something about school, especially if he's upset by it, he might focus on what he's upset about and I'll have to ask questions to get the surrounding details.

Good advice. Check on this because I have never heard of a teacher actually helping. The read test instructions at the beginning and help with the sample questions. They have to say things like, "Does everyone understand why A is the answer?" on the sample section. My son came home talking about his SOL and he doesn't even take one in 1st grade. He took some other test on the computer. The schools talk so much about this. Make sure you are sure before you speak to the principal, or at least do it in a questioning instead of accusing manner.

[Anonymous]

Well, some students might have IEPs allowing the test to be read to them or allowing extra time. I don't see the big deal, really, the tests are meaningless administrative BS anyway.

[Anonymous]

Assuming it's not a practice test, your kid is right, it's cheating. They should be fired. If they are pressuring others (including the kids) to cheat, they should go to jail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Assuming it's not a practice test, your kid is right, it's cheating. They should be fired. If they are pressuring others (including the kids) to cheat, they should go to jail.

I hope you are joking

[Anonymous]

Make sure it wasn't a practice test. They took those recently too.

[Anonymous]

This was not a practice test it was the actual SOL. The teacher helped kids on the tests. Other students have now come forward with the same story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Assuming it's not a practice test, your kid is right, it's cheating. They should be fired. If they are pressuring others (including the kids) to cheat, they should go to jail.

I hope you are joking

Not PP, but they certainly weren't joking in Atlanta. Jail time. Firings all around. Quite the mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was not a practice test it was the actual SOL. The teacher helped kids on the tests. Other students have now come forward with the same story.

Come forward to whom, OP? Former teacher here. Please go to the principal before the kids' stories get mixed up and/or confused. Don't report speculation, try to stick to exactly what your child said happened. You can check back later to see if they followed up. But let the administration do their job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Assuming it's not a practice test, your kid is right, it's cheating. They should be fired. If they are pressuring others (including the kids) to cheat, they should go to jail.

I hope you are joking

Not PP, but they certainly weren't joking in Atlanta. Jail time. Firings all around. Quite the mess.

Those teachers received financial bonuses for test scores so they were charged with racketeering. Schools in VA don't give bonuses, so that charge wouldn't apply.

A teacher shouldn't go to jail for helping out on an SOL. Fired and loss of license would be plenty.