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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am horrified. My kid is not good with tests to begin with. He passed Math SOL with 420 and Science with 410. I can already see him struggling with Reading and Writing SOLs because he is not a good writer. They are setting kids like mine to fail. [/quote]

I get it but I am guessing your kid is struggling and, hopefully, getting the support that he needs. But yes, SOLs will be harder for your kid. [/quote]

You guessed right, he is an IEP kid. His GPA is good and sorry, people, but no college cares about the SOLs. I hate seeing these students prep for a test that doesn't have any impact on their college future. It's a checkmark for the state "ooh, look at us, we have good education". [/quote]

Agree, I hate the SOLs and wish they would get rid of them. The state based standardized exams do little to improve education and simply divert resources to passing a generic exam as a data point. I would be more than happy if they all went away and we let teachers teach to the state established curriculum. The resources wasted on teaching to the SOL could be spent on working with kids to improve in the classroom and grow instead of teaching tricks to do better on the SOL and get a pass.

Colleges will care about your child's ability to write but if you have an IEP and are working with the school, that will hopefully improve without the artificial pressure of passing the SOL. [/quote]

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