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[quote=Anonymous]Lest some Vienna parents see these results and start worrying...I can tell you that pp had it correct when they said it can literally be a handful of children in the ENTIRE school who cause the school not to make AYP.  If a subgroup is small (f/e: let's say the subgroup of students who are both SPED and ESOL qualified), then literally 1 or 2 students who do not pass will cause that subgroup to have a "failing" score.  And if 1 subgroup has a failing score, then the entire school could fail.  I cannot speak for Kilmer, Jackson, Marshall Road, etc, but I know in my school (in western ffx), we literally missed AYP this year by of 2 students.  2.students.  Give me a break!

The SOL is like any standardized test-the more you "teach" to it, the better your students will do on it.  If teachers in the school give tons of tests over the course of the year that are similar to the SOL (read: multiple choice tests), and spend a lot of time focusing on things they know will be tested on the SOL, then that school will come out ahead in AYP rankings (at least until every school is required to pass 100%).  I was at a school like that, and found it completely stultifying.  I would rather teach my students material that will challenge their minds and have them extend their knowledge than give them countless drills on material that is baseline and the minimum that they should know in order to have everyone pass the test and meet some ridiculous standard set down by politicians who have no idea what goes on inside a real classroom.  Yes, a happy medium can be reached, but in my mind, that kind of teaching easily attracts teachers with no imagination.

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