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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The science SOL for 5th, 8th, and EOC HS are new this year and the scores seem lower than normal. For ES, the failure to pass doesn’t matter. You need to pass an EOC science SOL in HS. The school has to offer an expedited retake for those close to passing. It is up to you as a parent whether you want that for your child. FYI, the 8th grade science SOL covers 3 years of science. [/quote]

What is new about the 5th grade SOL this year? Is it computer adaptive? [/quote]

I’m confused as well, these SOLs are not new.[/quote]

Yes, they are new.
Topics were moved between 4th and 5th. Changes were made to standards. And the style of testing is new. It’s not adaptive however. As it was explained to me,  scenarios and/or passages, graphs, etc are presented and need to be read and interpreted by the student. Then a series of analysis-type questions are asked. Some questions are still multiple choice, for others they have to create a graph from data, and might have to interpret the results of an experiment- all based off of one scenario. Then another scenario or experiment is presented with multiple related questions. Many schools had to test early in the window for there to be sufficient data to norm this new type of test.[/quote]

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