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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does APS have any policy requiring that schools notify families of SOL failures?   I understand that teachers learn about results almost instantly in June.  Our school did not notify us of child’s failure.  We did look online when scores were posted and uncovered the failures.  No one from the school contacted us.  We lost weeks over the summer were we could have tried to understand what happened and to make a plan or even to start remediation.  It’s very concerning to me that APS put so much emphasis on these tests and then did absolutely nothing about it for our child.  [/quote]

What grade level? [/quote]

OP here.  Elementary.  Why does it matter though?

Also, we had zero notice that this was a likely scenario. [/quote]

For older grades it’s a bigger deal - it’s required to get credit for some classes. [/quote]

I cannot imagine it not being a big deal to any family.  I am beyond mad.[/quote]

Understand that you’re mad, but the point being it seriously affects whether or not a kid will receive high school credit and whether or not they can take the next class. For elementary yes, it’s a setback, but it doesn’t impact their next school year from a course perspective.  You have time on your side while high school students don’t. [/quote]

I mean, you don’t think an elementary school parent is entitled to know whether their child can complete on grade level learning when the school system knows s/he cannot?  How do you think it impacts an elementary school family to lose an entire summer without summer school / tutoring /whatever to come into a grade the next year already behind and having done nothing to catch up over the summer?  I can’t figure out why you think an argument is to be made that it’s more or less important for certain kids in APS based on their age.   That is just not a good reason not to communicate with families.  [/quote]

Agree. The whole delayed release is preposterous. I think they just delay until they are ready to go on vacation in August. They are not thinking about students. Fairfax releases results in June, but APS is really special and does it almost in August, go figure[/quote]

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