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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah tbh it's almost impossible to "fail" SOLs. This was one of the big problems with No Child Left Behind - it set standards that were universally ridiculously low. The only kids that don't pass either have disabilities, come from households that don't speak English, or are very impoverished. If the kid can't read a sentence, "Sally went to the store with money and a list that her mom gave her," and then correctly answer "What do you think Sally went to the store for: A. to buy things, B. to play at the playground, C. to clean the floor" then it's really nothing a teacher can remedy. [/quote]

Your example is clearly not representative of a 4th grade level and the content of a 4th gade SOL.

Many AAP students failed the reading SOL last school year.  The difference is in boils down to parents who are in the know and that heavily supplement vs parents who don't.  Remember, your friends will likely not tell you their kid failed and will probably refuse retakes.

If you convince everyone that the public school systems are so awesome (instead of horribly broken), parents will be more likely to eat their child's failures and hire tutors rather than demanding accountability from schools.  Schools know this and are quick to throw up their hands like "Oh it must be your child because our schools are so amazing".  Nope.  Don't fall for it.  But don't expect them to be able to help either.  Your kid is not the priority.[/quote]

I didn't say the school systems are amazing. 25% of students statewide fail the reading SOL. Most of these students are in poverty and/or hispanic in our area (unfortunately there is a high correlation). You can go on Greatschools and see the pass rates for exams for different races and poverty/no poverty (you kind of have to infer the rates for poverty based on the ratings and pass rates for the races). At my school 42% of the hispanic students fail their reading SOL. A lot of this is language barrier and not speaking English at home. The school already has remedial ESOL but I'm not sure what we're supposed to do short of opening a spanish language school [/quote]

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