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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]
And in your analogy of the baker, we should have more SOL tests for diversity of learning, not less.

No. You should give the baker a list of things he should be able to bake and let him figure it out. The teachers know how to teach. We don't need to have high stakes testing. 
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Exactly.  The idea of having more tests is ridiculous.  You will only get the prescribed cakes even with more tests.  Meanwhile, a great teacher has an idea for a lemon strawberry cake, but that cake is not on the list.  That could be a very popular and interesting cake, but it will not be baked.  Ever.  [/quote]

Yes.  Our 5th graders are having Medieval Day next month, yet have never once studied the Medieval Age.  They're not being tested on it, so why teach it?    It's incredibly sad to me that the students know nothing about this time period unless they're motivated readers and enjoy reading about it on their own, outside of school.  The curriculum is so lazy and lacking.  We would move to private if we could afford to.[/quote]

It is taught at the end of 5th grade in social studies although you'd think they'd be reading books about it earlier in language arts. Are you advocating for or against SOLs? Seems like you're advocating for removing the area of study because it isn't being tested.
http://fcps.edu/is/socialstudies/elementary/index.shtml#fifth
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I think the "they're not being tested on it, so why teach it" was sarcasm.  I don't think pp was advocating removing the area of study because it's not being tested.[/quote]

The point was that they teach what will be on a test. According to this PP, this area of study is not on the test, so it isn't taught till the end of the year. Point being, that a test is needed to get teachers to teach a topic.[/quote]

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