I don't care about ES. MS I just monitor. If they pass, all good. HS it matters if it's for credit.

High school

All grades

Need a particular score to do algebra in 7th. Need to pass (can be barely) to graduate Hs with a verified credit. Care about the 1st of these if you want to and then the other just to get the verified credit. Other than that, no colleges see, doesn’t matter— IF you have a kid passing. If not passing, help them.

When are the scores available on SIS?

Anonymous wrote:Never. As long as they passed the HS ones I never cared.

+1 Just when the HS verified credit is at stake. I could care less what the scre is as long as they passed. My kids would get mostly 4s in ES but get a low or medium pass(number) for a SOL. Then the next year get pass advances on SOLs. It was very random.

Never. As long as they passed the HS ones I never cared.

In 6th grade, it partly determines whether they can take Algebra in 7th (which one of my kids really wanted to do).

Other than that, not really ever.

I wasn't worried about third grade because they were new to standardized testing, but I've definitely cared since then!

Seventh and eighth grade were super-important for tracking progress, and EOC due to the verified credit requirements.

Anonymous wrote:Do 8th grade SOLs matter?

If there in Algebra yes....that is considered a high school course

My oldest is a high school junior, and I still don't care.

Do 8th grade SOLs matter?

When your kid is in college, you really won’t even think about the elementary school SOLs. You will wonder why you put so much effort into worrying and studying for a meaningless test. The only ones I will care about are the ones my high schooler needs to pass for verified credit. But all they need to do is pass, not get a perfect score. So really I’m not that worried.

SOLs do not start until 3rd grade so I would not consider that "young elementary," but I have always cared. Not cared like I would be devastated if they did not do well, but these tests do seem to measure a child's grasp of the content, at least to a degree. But if, for example, my child did not do very well on the Reading SOL but did amazingly well on some other reading test, I would feel fine and continue to monitor. I am on my second child who will take a Math SOL shortly that will dictate what Math is available to him next year. And my older one gets percentage bumps on final exams for certain SOL scores. You are free to never care. Many will say it does not matter for anyone but the school and is more a measure of how well the teacher is teaching. But I personally would care if my child does not do well, even if it the teacher's "fault,"

I have young elementary school kids. Just wondering when I’m actually supposed to start caring about what they get on these tests. Thank you!