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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SOL's are a waste of time, but they are mandated by the Commonwealth of VA as it's implementation of No Child Left Behind.  NCLB is an intrusive law passed as the forefront of the education policy of the newly elected President in 2001.  That would be George W. Bush.

By defining metrics to evaluate the the schools, you are defining what will be covered in school.

It is, IMHO, a horrible system.  If you protest by walking out the school will be punished by reduction of federal funds.[/quote]

And his buddy, Teddy Kennedy.  Let's not forget him.

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)[1][2] is a United States Act of Congress that came about as wide public concern about the state of education. First proposed by the administration of George W. Bush immediately after he took office,[3] the bill passed in the U.S. Congress with limited bipartisan support.[4][/quote]

I am teacher in FCPS and SOLs were around even before NCLB came into effect.  NCLB is good in theory because it tracks all students and forces the schools to not just let certain groups (LEP, Special Ed, certain minority groups, etc) slip through the cracks.  But, I agree, that the tests are not ideal and really don't assess much knowledge of anything other than memorization of facts.  That said, the score a child needs to pass is extremely low.  I think in my high school, out of 70 questions, the students only need to get about 50% correct to pass.  [/quote]

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