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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both of my kids pass advanced on reading SOL  (4th, 7th). Interestingly, my 7th grader said their English teacher specifically said to pay close attention to the first passage and triple check answers because the test is adaptive and very difficult to pass advanced if you mess up at the start. I hadn’t heard that before and my kids have been taking SOLs for awhile now. [/quote]

That is fcked up. 
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That is how computer adaptive testing works though. Mess up early and you might not get a chance to answer the harder questions. Early screw ups of a missed couple of easy questions can explain why scores and vary widely between tests.[/quote]
Actually, no, that's not how it works.

With adaptive testing, it should continually try to adjust until it converges. The test should not stop until it's found a balance of "just hard enough" questions your child can't answer and questions below that difficulty it reliably can. At least according to test theory, and specifically IRT.

Whether or not the actual SOL has the depth and implementation to do this correctly is another question.
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