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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Related to this, I don't understand either why my school won't release the questions from their unit tests.  I get a report for what my kid did right or wrong but I have no clue what questions were asked.  It's all computerized but it's not available in Schoology.[/quote]

Come on. You can figure this out. These are unit tests that are taken by the entire grade level across the county. The tests cannot be floating out in the public. Parents would hold onto them and have the younger sibling practice taking it when they get to the grade level. This is about preserving the integrity of the test to some degree. [/quote]

YOU come on. Sending back the graded test worked for decades. Your teachers sent back your graded tests and the whole world didn’t collapse with cheating or whatever you assume is going on. I swear you teachers hate parents even more than you hate FCPS. Parents want to help their own kids? Reeeeeee noooooo! Parents are uninvolved and unhelpful? Reeeeeee they’re so lazy!!!!![/quote]

All of those graded tests were made by individual teachers. Now the county is making teachers give unit assessments that they've created so that they can compare how schools are doing, ie comparing apples to apples [i]during[/i][b] the school year. Waiting until the end of the year to take the SOL to compare schools is too late. Now region leaders are able to see how each school is doing and see where support is needed right away. Schools can now be compared against other schools with similar demographics across the county. If School A does really well on the Unit 3 math assessment, but School B bombs it, you can find out what school A is doing to get higher scores with students having the same demographics.

Again, there has to be some attempt at preserving the integrity of the tests. This is a decision that is made by FCPS, not individual teachers. Just like you never get a copy of the actual SOL tests, you're not going to get a copy of the actual test. You are more than welcome to talk with the teacher about how to support your child. [/quote]

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