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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My rising 5th grader asks to see SOL scores and I show the scores.  I just remind kid not to tell others. [/quote]

I figure if they’re old enough to spend the year prepping for the SOLs, they’re old enough to know the results.  [/quote]

Spend the year prepping? No. The SOLs are a test assessing a students knowledge of the VA SOLs which are the state standards. So if you mean spending the year learning the grade level standards…. Then yes.[/quote]

NP. To me that is preparing for the SOL. The teachers drill in into their heads because they will be tested on it. Do you think the teachers would spend so much time teaching about captions if it wasn't on the test? (I do hope the answer is no)[/quote]

Not sure what grade your child is in, but nonfiction text features are in the standards. There are maybe 1-2 max questions possibly about captions on a reading SOL so not sure why it would be drilled but yes it is important for your child to know what a caption is and it’s purpose in nonfiction text. If your child’s teacher is repeating the skill it means student(s) are not mastering it the first go around. There are lots of skills the SOLs cover that are going out of use that teachers must still cover- for example, dictionary skills (guide words, reading a dictionary entry, etc). Most people don’t use actual dictionaries any more now that we have access to online sources but we still have to teach and practice this skill because it’s in the standards. Please give your input to VDOE to update the ones you feel are unecessary![/quote]

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