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[quote=Anonymous]DS class has been preparing for the SOL for the last month. He has grades in his grade book that are based on how he did on practice SOLs.

It is stupid. They spend weeks concentrating on the SOL and then they tell the kids not to stress over them. Except that their grades for a month in LA and Math have both been driven by SOL practice.

I just want them to get rid of these exams. They don't really test anything other than how many kids are meeting the bare minimum of learning needed. They become the sole focus of teaching for far too long a period of time. The kids who are struggling need more time spent on basics and less time teaching to a specific test so that they might have a chance to barely pass and improve the schools test score. we need to do more for the kids who are failing, to include holding them back. We do not help a kid by passing them on to the next grade level when they are failing their current grade level. All we do in continue the cycle of failure. The tutoring and small group interventions used to get kids to a passing grade are not doing the trick in helping the kids learn the material.

We have these tests and then we ignore the outcomes after stressing kids out over them for months on end. They are a waste of money and time. [/quote]

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