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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am horrified. My kid is not good with tests to begin with. He passed Math SOL with 420 and Science with 410. I can already see him struggling with Reading and Writing SOLs because he is not a good writer. They are setting kids like mine to fail. [/quote]

Opt him out. [/quote]
How do you opt a child out if it's 10% of their grade?

I have told my kids for years that the only purpose of the SOL is to test what and how the schools teach. It's not supposed to be a test of the students' abilities, and it's not supposed to be part of their grade. I am so angry.[/quote]

So why do I have students that actually do their work and stay awake in class pass the SOL and those who don't do their work and sleep through class or miss weeks of school fail?

I hate to break it to you, but the SOL is a test of student's abilities, not my worthiness as a teacher. My pass rates vary greatly across my classes, depending on my students' abilities and level of caring. [/quote]

To be fair, I have elementary schoolers and in that case it is 100% about the curriculum and what and how it is being taught.[/quote]

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