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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The iReady and SOL do not hurt your childs grades or class placement, unless you have a second grader and then the MAP scores and VALLS scores are in the AAP packet if you are applying.

You can tell your child to do their best but you are not worried about their scores because they don't harm your child. You can tell your child that they are great practice for the type of exams they will take as a teenager, like SOLs needed for graduation and college applications. Let them practice on the lower stress test and figure out their strategies, which will help them as teens. If they get used tot he format and the style of questions, the SOLs and SATs in HS will be more familiar and, hopefully, easier for them.

If you opt out, your kid will not get extra instruction, they will read a book or do something quiet while the rest of the class takes the test.[/quote]

This was our approach. We didn’t study or talk about them much except the night before to get a good night sleep.  If she failed we did not do retakes in elementary. She never knew her scores.
In 8th grade if she needed retakes and review we did that because it was close to high school and we thought practice was important.

Yes my child struggles in school.  I’m
Trying not to be nervous about the high school SOLs!!![/quote]

This is our approach as well. We don't opt out of the SOLs, but we would opt out of any retakes. [/quote]

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