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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is infuriating OP. I cannot for the life of me understand why this is so hard for them. I can't help but think the results dismal and they want time to pass so people forget about it.

These scores absolutely matter. They are an indicator of the competency of the school administration, a measure of the academic level the students are at, and indicator of teacher strength. These are all important factors if one is moving to FCPS to see which are school is the best for their kid.[/quote]

These scores do not matter. There are kids who don’t speak English being forced to take these tests. It only matters how your kid does. [/quote]

Except that the state sets teachers up by  giving teachers little indication of what will be on the test. The sample test questions teachers are given to help kids prepare are from 2015.[/quote]

+100.  Absolutely bizarre. And this has been the case independent of whether Dems or Reps are in power.
It actually violates the laws of VA.

SB1357 demands that: "The Board of Education shall make publicly available such assessments in a timely manner and as soon as practicable following the administration of such tests, so long as the release of such assessments does not compromise test security or deplete the bank of assessment questions necessary to construct subsequent tests, or limit the ability to test students on demand and provide immediate results in the web-based assessment system."

but VDoE is refusing to do so.  Clearly the law considers the release of the assessments the default case and holding them back the exception, but for VDoE it appears to be the other way around: they're not releasing anything.  I believe it's because their contracts with Pearsons (the provider of the SOL questions) prevents them from doing so.

Something to contact your state senator and/or house representative about....
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