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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The teaching to the test happens because these are higher stakes tests for schools. We always tell our kids, this is a test of the school, not of you. And I do not let a kid retake the SOL if they "almost" pass.  The school wants that; not me or my kid.  I had standardized tests as a kid too. Not annual like SOLs, but remember taking them. Remember learning practice skills for taking them.

I don't love how much time they take up or the focus APS puts on them (special study groups and homework coming home to help with SOLs). On the other hand, as other metrics get more useless like the standards based grades that tell  you nothing, [b]SOLs and the other normed assessments like DIBELs and math inventory are much more helpful.[/b]

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This is true. I feel like these are the only way I can understand how my kid is actually doing in class. Ideally schools would just organically cover the information on the SOL during the year and then take the test. [/quote]

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