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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shame on FCPS![/quote]

FCPS used to release all this data on their school profiles.  The state VA Dept of Education no longer allows that--they want to control all the data releases.  Blame them not FCPS.[/quote]

They never released individual scores. The other thing is if kids fail but make progress from previous year it counts as a pass.[/quote]

They released all the percentages of Pass Proficient, Pass Advanced, and not Passing.  CLose enough.[/quote]

Yes, but these tests are unfair to ESL kids. So the data is skewed. [/quote]

Some kids are exempt from taking them.[/quote]

Very few kids are exempt - a tiny fraction of a percent. [/quote] What does this matter? [/quote]

Why does it matter? Because a PP was saying many ESL kids are exempt. Implying that schools with high ESL populations have a shot at a good score because so many kids are exempt. They are not exempt. It matters because kids who have been in the US less than a year are expected to take and pass these tests. It matters because kids who have been in this country 2 or 3 years are expected to take and pass these tests.

And when they don’t pass and a school with a lot of ESL students gets a low score everyone likes to say how bad the school is. Or how great their own school is when really it’s just a school of fortunate white, born in the USA upper income parents who succeeded in having a white born in the USA kid who goes to a school filled with other upper middle income white kids.

SOL scores mean NOTHING unless looked at in context.[/quote]

This! Only Level 1 ESL kids are exempt from reading for 1 year. They have to take math and the following year have to take reading. We have several Level 1 kids who have to take reading this year cause they used their exemption in spring. ESL kids should not have to take SOLs until they are English proficient or score high enough on reading domain of WIDA. [/quote]

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