Why VA Department of Ed hasn't released School Report card yet?

[Anonymous]

Usually it is released by now. The reason I am curious is our admin denied they had a serious issue with math and science at one grade level and this would actually provide a data point that could push for these teachers to get help in how they instruct.

[Anonymous]

I was wondering this as well, but I think it's coming soon. I did receive my DC's SOL scores with the report card on the last day of school, but just today they've been uploaded to FCPS SIS Parent Vue.

[Anonymous]

I like how schools use any data that they like and will brag in the newsletter "98% of kids passed math in grade 4" and then they conveniently leave out any data that makes them look like they are struggling. You get the whole "SOls don't matter." Choose a lane. Either they matter as 1 bit of info or they don't matter

[Anonymous]

Post here if you see that they’ve been released - thanks!

[Anonymous]

They will be released next week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They will be released next week

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Do you have insider info or are just assuming this since they didn't this week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They will be released next week

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Do you have insider info or are just assuming this since they didn't this week?

DP. I am also assuming they'll be released next week. Here is my reasoning: 1) they were released 8/15 last year; 2) my kid's SOL scores were posted on SIS Parent Vue this week and I may have made this up, but I don't think they do that until they're "final" or verified by the state. Therefore, I think it's likely they'll be released next week.

[Anonymous]

Virginia Department of Education says 8/22.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virginia Department of Education says 8/22.

Still not up.

[Anonymous]

RELEASED

[Anonymous]

OP here, off from work today to take my kids school supply shopping and yep, just as i thought. They denied there were issues in the teaching of math of science at this grade level and they even bragged to the entire school about how high their scores were for every other grade. Sure enough large dip in scores and the pass rate is significantly lower than other top school in the area. Sorry you can't brag about scores for other grade levels and then tell is scores don't matter for the grade level where there was a huge decline.

[Anonymous]

What is the link?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, off from work today to take my kids school supply shopping and yep, just as i thought. They denied there were issues in the teaching of math of science at this grade level and they even bragged to the entire school about how high their scores were for every other grade. Sure enough large dip in scores and the pass rate is significantly lower than other top school in the area. Sorry you can't brag about scores for other grade levels and then tell is scores don't matter for the grade level where there was a huge decline.

Which school, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the link?

Sorry your Google is broken. Let me help you out:

http://doe.virginia.gov/statistics_reports/school_report_card/index.shtml

[Anonymous]

In a nutshell, all the passrates stayed the same except for English learners -- which decreased by 5% and Hispanic students (decreased by 4%).

Bottom line -- the Hispanic/ESOL students in the VA public schools system are more needy (behind) than they have been in years' past.

This isn't really surprising and doesn't seem to be having any impact on the rest of the students in Va public schools. Of course it would be nice to see IMprovements -- not just staying the course -- but the take away is that we have more kids in the ESOL/Hispanic categories who don't have any English-speaking abilities when they come to VA.