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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is this bad? After reviewing past tests, the content of SOLs frankly seems like the bare minimum that kids should have learned. What is the difference between this and finals? My kids are in elementary school and don’t have final exams so it makes sense that SOLs would serve this purpose. [/quote]

Teacher is a dinosaur who is still teaching the biology standards from when they started teaching 27 years ago, so a significant portion of today's standards are skipped.

Teacher goes out on emergency medical leave in January. School is unable to find a long term sub for 2nd semester, so it's pieced together daily subs who don't know any of the math that is taught.

Grade is worth 10% no matter the course. There is 1 test for biology, 1 for algebra 2, etc.  The child in algebra 2 honors will get the same 10% credit for mastering the very basics as an on level kid as a self contained kid.  They are in different courses. Historically they have had different final exams, covering the extensions taught or including the supports used in class.  Now, everyone will have the same 50 questions regardless of course content.

I could go on. There are a million reasons why this is dumb.[/quote]

Maybe demand or provide an actual education for your child so they can meet state standards.[/quote]

My own child never scored below a 550 on a single SOL his entire school career. He has one left, he’ll probably do fine on it too. He’s been fortunate to have great teachers.

I’m worried about all of our students. As a teacher, I’ve seen what goes on in some of my colleagues’ classrooms and it’s not solid instruction. This is a stupid policy that penalizes kids stuck with a teacher who cannot/does not teach the standards well.[/quote]

My kid has had some pretty bad teachers.  He still gets advanced pass because the standards are very low.[/quote]

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