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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the other position?  That everything is fine, or that something different should be done to address any issues?[/quote]

One position is that any "evaluation" or "rating" system is flawed. The lower performing schools will always be evaluated and rated lower and the high performing schools will always come out on top. IOW, the poor schools will always be rated poorly and the rich ones richly.[/quote]

Right and this one punishes schools that have high levels of EL students. I believe before the change EL students had 11 semesters before their test scores were counted in the overall school evaluations. Now it is 3 semesters. Other states have this BUT other states permit EL Students to takes test in their native language, which VA doesn't do.

3 semesters is such a short amount of time! The SOLs can be confusing enough for native speakers, and we expect a kid who has only been learning English less than a year to pass them? [/quote]

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