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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, ignore the haters.  You're right to be upset. [/quote]

Agree, ignore the syphax agents on here[/quote]

Nope. Just a parent who knows how to count and understands how SOLs/LDs work. 
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Sorry but it seems really dumb for a parent to do nothing in the face of a failing a math or reading SOL in elementary school. Sure, it is just one data point, but it is data nonetheless, data that a parent can use to make sure their kid doesn’t fall even further behind. [/quote]

It depends on the other data points. Are all other test scores and assessments great? Then probably ok to wait until the start of school to discuss with school. If they weren’t great, then you knew that before the summer and could make plans accordingly. They offered some virtual summer work. Maybe OP should have done that with her kid. 
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And maybe OP could have done that had they known earlier that their kids FAILED the freakin SOL. See how this works? [/quote]

It’s one test. It’s not a big deal for most kids (HS credit obviously).  
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Failing an SOL is a big deal for any student. Not the end of the world or reason to panic, of course, but it means that the student  very likely didn’t learn important concepts, which is the primary purpose of school . This true even though testing is imperfect.

Also, learning is cumulative. A kid who failed a third grade SOL is most likely going to struggle in later grades unless he gets help. Just because it’s elementary school doesn’t mean it doesn’t matter. [/quote]

I'm apalled that so much common sense stuff needs to be explained here to the dismissive and/or partisan posters. OP,  this is the county policy and you absolutely should raise objections, as should people whose kids haven't failed SOLs. The policy does not make sense. And, by the way, the way it is communicated to parents is oh the results will come by snail mail over the summer. So they have actually lied, results were delivered only electronically. [/quote]
Don’t mean to be a jerk, but you’re wrong about why people are being dismissive.  At school, kids are tested or assessed at least once every two months.  In math, they are assessed before and after every new unit, and then there is a mid year and end of the year commutative assessment.  Some of these are on the iPad, some are on paper.  On your report card, they tell you how they did on those assessments.  If they passed them, you are ok!  The sol is just another data point.  Yes, it’s concerning that they failed, but if they had been failing all year long, it would be a bigger deal.

Similarly for reading, they assess them several times a year (beginning, middle, end).  The reading assessments are different because it’s more geared towards identifying an issue/learning disability, but that lets you know if it’s actually an issue.  The results are sent home in your report card.  If op’s kid was failing all along, they will have intervened by now for reading.  And I’m sure they will intervene now as well since the sol score indicates that the child needs help.  I doubt op’s child failed anything up to now, because they were surprised.  So it’s not an issue with decoding, it’s a reading comprehension issue, which is more of a test taking strategy thing.

Sol scores are always reported online.  Never by snail mail.  I think they came by mail pre-covid.  [/quote]

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