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[quote=Anonymous]Administering SOL tests at the elementary level takes an enormous amount of time and staff resources. There are so many kids with English learner issues or special education issues that need private or small group testing that takes the whole morning for most schools. Every room is used, the library may be closed, the schedules are all upended, and every special ed teacher and IA and warm body is used to get adults to monitor the tests in each room. This means that if your kid is supposed to get special ed services, I can almost guarantee you that they aren’t during SOL month, because there is no time around the testing of multiple groups of kids. The IAs that usually go into rooms to support teachers are not there that month, either, and then retesting happens. Kids that are generally good students spend hours at some schools doing review packets and going over and over stuff they already know. Teachers are under great pressure to have students pass, and the tests have absolutely gotten harder. Meanwhile, Pearson makes tons of money and the district spends tons on tech review crap. Unless you work in an elementary school, you can’t really understand the impact this whole SOL process has. And when it’s over, there are still weeks left but everyone has mentally checked out.[/quote]
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