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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've never understood why parents object to their child retaking a test. If it is borderline, why wouldn't you be having a conference to discuss why this happened? They are easy tests. Couldn't this lead to more help during the end of the year and more help the following year? Also, why would you want your child to have a failing record if there was a chance they could pass the test?[/quote]

Because my third grader with an IEP spent an hour crying on Sunday night about "the tests" and wound up puking. No one in my house is pushing him about the tests at all. No way am I making him go,through that again. We just had our IEP meeting with the school two weeks ago and they seemed to think he would pass, although it really depends on the day whether he gets high marks or 40% in general tests.  I didn't realize that they get back to the parents so quickly, so either he passed or he bombed, I guess. They are not necessarily "easy", especially at the younger grades where it should be more facts and fewer concepts. On the sample tests they sent home some of the questions were so poorly written that I couldn't figure out what they were trying to ask.

In my day they wouldn't even tell us ahead of time about standardized tests - you would just show up one day and it would be "fill in the bubble sheets" day. I don't think they ever told our parents the scores, either. [/quote]

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