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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Stop blaming SOLs. SOLs highlight what wasn't mastered. [b]I'm amazed, not in a pleasant way, that' my kids' teachers do not review tests. They return the tests with no review. [/b]Like I said before,[b] SOLs are a great way to weed out lazy teachers[/b],[b] to help teachers add more tools to their teaching toolbox, [/b[b]]and to highlight kids who didn't master the concepts.[/b] [b]In respect to the latter, it is sometimes because the teacher didn't teach. A big part of teaching is taking the time to review, which doesn't always, or usually, happen.[/b] For all you haters, please stop implying that I don't understand. I think it is you who doesn't wish to accept accountability.[/quote]

Some people really hope the teacher does NOT spend time reviewing for the tests.  If the material has been studied, there should not have to be huge amounts of time spent on test review.  If you can review for a test for a few days and get a kid to pass (who would not otherwise have passed), there is something wrong with the test.  If "mastering important concepts" can be done in a few days, they were not important concepts.  This is why some teachers do not spend time on review . . . if the kid failed it the first time, the chances of teaching them "quickly" are not good.  Maybe a few test strategies can be taught that will put them over the line, but those kinds of things do not show "mastery".  Using the test to "weed out lazy teachers" is ridiculous.  How many teachers have been weeded out so far based on the SOLs?  Please tell.  [/quote]

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