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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SOLs aren't a "final exam" on the course the kid did that year, in that classroom, with that teacher. They often encompass several years at once (for instance, my kid will take the eighth grade science SOL soon; it covers science from sixth, seventh and eighth grades). And it's not a final for the year in all subjects, since kids do not take an SOL in every subject every year. (Thank heaven.)

OP, I have a middle schooler in an AAP center and the SOLs just mean more stress at a time of year when she already has final projects in some classes, the last unit tests on curriculum, and this year, two high-school-level final exams in two HS credit classes she's taking. I can only imagine the added stress and wasted study time for SOLs in high school  when kids have finals in almost every class at around the same time as SOLs. Kids must pass SOLs in order to get credit for many HS classes -- even if the students have a final in that class, and even if they pass the class and the final exam, they still have to pass the SOL. Another test, one that's going to be less rigorous than any decent final exam, but the time has to be spent on it anyway.

Yes, the SOL should be a piece of cake if the kid knows enough pass the course final. The SOLs are going to be easier than the course final and SOLs could be looked on as something of a practice run for the course final. But the time spent on SOLs seems ridiculous when kids are going to take in final in what they were actually taught in that classroom, that year. I would love to be rid of them for HS at least, but Virginia insists on them and uses them to judge teachers and schools.[/quote]

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I also have a middle-schooler in an AAP Center. Part of the Science SOL prep was completion of a practice book (over 180 pages) covering three years of science. This SOL means nothing compared to the two SOLs for high school courses my DC also needs to take.[/quote]

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