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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The middle school teachers have told kids scores. The teachers definitely know. Again I wish there was some consistency [/quote]

This is what I don’t understand - if middle and high schools can share, why can’t elementary?[/quote]

I know - it's stupid.  The teachers know the scores the day after the tests are taken.  I think it's stupid that test scores are knowable and they keep from the parents.  I think if a test score can be known - it should be given to parent.[/quote]

Just because you want something doesn’t mean you get it. The entitlement is gross. There’s no need for you to have it immediately. You just want to know. Meanwhile, there are kids still testing. There are kids who have to do retakes. There are kids who have to do make-ups.

If you’re this upset over a stupid SOL score, wait until your kid takes the AP exam. You have to wait 2 months. The horror!

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I need to know because if my child fails, I'd want to have a conference to spend the next few weeks getting as much information as necessary about gaps in their knowledge from their teacher that I will remediate over the summer with expensive private tutoring. That I will be paying for. Other people are going to need to know whether their kids could get resources like summer school, etc. to support their learning. Time is critical here. It's not just being nosy, but if your child fails, specific action is really need to remediate in a timely manner. Gaps will persist and we can't just rely on the schools when a child is failing.

Honestly, this is my issue with all of the testing. We don't get the reports in the timely manner to address deficits in real time. the i-ready is a good example. It takes two or three months to see scores. I could have worked with my child during this time but I can't know even if they need to help or what they need help with because I don't have the data.

It's an endless cycle. I am not against testing. But the data hoarding is terrible and undermines the point of using testing as a tool to support learning. [/quote]

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