There's a website run by Michael Nolan called "PeerPower" who claims to have exclusive access to detailed SOL scores and sells you 25 queries per year for $24. (You put in the score, you get back the percentile.) If you spend enough, you can figure out how many points off a question is.

Wonder how they get the data. Perhaps they FOIA'd it and need to recoup the cost (?)

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Anonymous wrote:This forum makes you think getting a perfect score is a regular occurrence but my son’s special ed teacher (he’s 2E) told me he got the highest reading SOL score in his 3rd grade AAP class this year with a score in the 560s. We are at a reputable AAP center so I was surprised to hear this.

With a 560 that means he probably only missed 2 questions - still something to be very proud of.

How did you calculate that each question is weighted at only 20?

It says so on the next to last page of this PDF.

It actually appears each question is weighted by 7. Scores are going up in increments of 7. Regardless, this is not accurate for this year’s test. We have a computer adaptive test now. It completely changes the scoring. Not each kid actually gets the same test now.

I don't know if the link will work, but VDOE has the percentages of pass advanced scores for both FCPS and the state as a whole. http://schoolquality.virginia.gov/divisions/fairfax-county-public-schools#desktopTabs-2

Last year, in FCPS 20% of 3rd graders had pass advanced in reading and 21% in math. In VA as a whole, 18% had pass advanced in reading and 18% in math.

Some kids will be pass advanced in one but not the other, so less than 20% would be pass advanced in both. Only some fraction of pass advanced scores are perfect scores, so I would guess the percent of 3rd graders with perfect scores on both is very small.

The difference between a perfect score and a mere pass advanced is probably that the perfect kid is more detail oriented and less prone to careless mistakes. I wouldn't take it as a special sign of mastery or brilliance.

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Anonymous wrote:The link doesn’t seem accurate for this year. My son’s scores aren’t even listed in the table.

The first page says that it was a test from 2015.

I think they've switched to more computer-adaptive tests since which don't map to a proportional score.

That said, given how easy this test is, it makes sense that you need something like 36/40 for an advanced pass (corresponding to an A-/A letter grade).
The "pass" cutoff is 65% for this example which is roughly the D cutoff for letter grades.

Make sense to me.

A couple years back, they made the SOLs harder. You may not believe it, but they're no longer easy peasy tests.

If you look at the VDOE website under "released tests", you'll see that scoring varied each year. With some tests, you could actually miss one or two and still get a 600. Then if you miss three it might drop down to, say, 573. I don't know how they come up with these crazy scoring formulas.

Anonymous wrote:The link doesn’t seem accurate for this year. My son’s scores aren’t even listed in the table.

The first page says that it was a test from 2015.

I think they've switched to more computer-adaptive tests since which don't map to a proportional score.

That said, given how easy this test is, it makes sense that you need something like 36/40 for an advanced pass (corresponding to an A-/A letter grade).
The "pass" cutoff is 65% for this example which is roughly the D cutoff for letter grades.

Make sense to me.

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Anonymous wrote:This forum makes you think getting a perfect score is a regular occurrence but my son’s special ed teacher (he’s 2E) told me he got the highest reading SOL score in his 3rd grade AAP class this year with a score in the 560s. We are at a reputable AAP center so I was surprised to hear this.

With a 560 that means he probably only missed 2 questions - still something to be very proud of.

How did you calculate that each question is weighted at only 20?

It says so on the next to last page of this PDF.

Awesome!! Thanks for sharing. I was really mad at DS for getting 530, as I thought DS must have got about 10 wrong, whereas per your PDF it could be only 4 wrong. My Ignorance....need to buy DS something nice.

The link doesn’t seem accurate for this year. My son’s scores aren’t even listed in the table.

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Anonymous wrote:This forum makes you think getting a perfect score is a regular occurrence but my son’s special ed teacher (he’s 2E) told me he got the highest reading SOL score in his 3rd grade AAP class this year with a score in the 560s. We are at a reputable AAP center so I was surprised to hear this.

With a 560 that means he probably only missed 2 questions - still something to be very proud of.

How did you calculate that each question is weighted at only 20?

It says so on the next to last page of this PDF.

Awesome!! Thanks for sharing. I was really mad at DS for getting 530, as I thought DS must have got about 10 wrong, whereas per your PDF it could be only 4 wrong. My Ignorance....need to buy DS something nice.

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Anonymous wrote:This forum makes you think getting a perfect score is a regular occurrence but my son’s special ed teacher (he’s 2E) told me he got the highest reading SOL score in his 3rd grade AAP class this year with a score in the 560s. We are at a reputable AAP center so I was surprised to hear this.

With a 560 that means he probably only missed 2 questions - still something to be very proud of.

How did you calculate that each question is weighted at only 20?

It says so on the next to last page of this PDF.

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Anonymous wrote:This forum makes you think getting a perfect score is a regular occurrence but my son’s special ed teacher (he’s 2E) told me he got the highest reading SOL score in his 3rd grade AAP class this year with a score in the 560s. We are at a reputable AAP center so I was surprised to hear this.

With a 560 that means he probably only missed 2 questions - still something to be very proud of.

How did you calculate that each question is weighted at only 20?

Anonymous wrote:I read news regarding a 9 years old 5th grader who got 4 perfect SOL scores this years and going to 6th grade next year. SOL means something.

Hahahshha! So many holes in this post. At least put some descent effort to make it some what based on real possibility. Hope no one fell for this troll!

Anonymous wrote:This forum makes you think getting a perfect score is a regular occurrence but my son’s special ed teacher (he’s 2E) told me he got the highest reading SOL score in his 3rd grade AAP class this year with a score in the 560s. We are at a reputable AAP center so I was surprised to hear this.

With a 560 that means he probably only missed 2 questions - still something to be very proud of.

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Anonymous wrote:About 18% of 3rd graders get 600 on both math and reading.

Source please?

DP. I think PP mixed up pass advanced with 600.

This forum makes you think getting a perfect score is a regular occurrence but my son’s special ed teacher (he’s 2E) told me he got the highest reading SOL score in his 3rd grade AAP class this year with a score in the 560s. We are at a reputable AAP center so I was surprised to hear this.

Anonymous wrote:About 18% of 3rd graders get 600 on both math and reading.

Source please?