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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let it go - all these tests mean so little in real life!!!![/quote]

My thought as well. Some people just need sonething to be outraged about. And I'll never understand this new culture of "Let's get someone fired".

If the tests don't matter, why would teachers be cheating on them?  They do matter.

For some parents, failing SOL scores mean the difference between getting their child help or letting their child slip through the cracks. If teachers inflate the scores, there is deception and falsifying of a student's academic Achievement or capability. It's happening all over Fairfax County. It's a numbers game and principals and regions need to look good and show they've reached their annual goals. These numbers are posted on the fcps website. Each school posts stats. It's easy to see which school inflates their numbers.

Don't you want to trust what teachers and schools report your child is achieving?  One could argue all tests mean little in real life. If they ok with reporting inflated sol scores you should be skeptical of all grades reported by fcps.

Rethink your ethics. [/quote]

SOL tests have NOTHING to do with services your child receives in fcps.  We don't even know the scores they get!  They aren't released until late summer, and in some schools principals don't even share them with teachers.  The problem is not the teachers, it's giving them an impossible job and then threatening them with punishment if they fail.  The problem is the tests.  The tests are unfair.  Teachers can't control what's on them, don't know what will be on them, often they are poorly worded and contain mistakes, and so on.  They can also be mis-scored by the testing company that is pocketing all our tax dollars, and again there is no accountability there or check and balance system.  You want to put teachers at the mercy of high profit testing companies and closed door policies that shut them out of any ability to make sure the tests are quality products and fairly scored, and then you accuse teachers of being unethical??

Look elsewhere.  [/quote]

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