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Anonymous wrote:Our ES assigned all the students who had failed an SOL to the same class the following Sept.

What??? That's awful.

Why is it awful? It means that there is a Teacher who can focus on those kids needs. The Teacher isn't trying to teach the kids who are a grade level ahead and the kids on grade level and the kids kind of struggling. The Teacher is focused on kids who are behind and need extra support.

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Anonymous wrote:Our ES assigned all the students who had failed an SOL to the same class the following Sept.

What??? That's awful.

Not pp but no it’s not awful. Grouping kids by skill level is what schools SHOULD be doing more of.

FCPS does nothing. If kids do well, it is because they are naturally gifted or their rich parents put them in Kumon every day.

If the kid fails, then FCPS won't give a shit. They probably won't even notice. As long as they get a paycheck, it's all good.

Anonymous wrote:My DS is in MS and due to his high anxiety around standardized tests, I opted him out. His grades are fine, As and Bs, he's in honors classes. I want to opt him out through high school. These tests do nothing for college admissions.

You kid will have to pass SOLs in high school to graduate.

My DS is in MS and due to his high anxiety around standardized tests, I opted him out. His grades are fine, As and Bs, he's in honors classes. I want to opt him out through high school. These tests do nothing for college admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:What grade? ES it doesn't matter. HS does have some classes that you have to pass the SOL.

If your kid is in ES, I would look at practice questions and help her get comfortable with the format. She has to pass some eventually, use this as practice for taking this type of test.

Nope. This should be happening at school. Not at home. Signed FCPS teacher

My oldest is a senior in HS, and I always had her do practice SOL problems in grade school (3-6) for each subject both online, and flash cards. It wasn't so much for SOLs, but for getting her used to format testing for the SAT. Also, showing her that WE as her parents thought it was important to try your best on the SOL. I didn't expect perfection, but I expected my kid(s) to try, and it would never have occurred to me to put it all on the teacher. The mother is a child's first educator. I did my part to give them a good foundation. My kids usually got pass advanced on those tests, and senior is off to a good college. My senior studied for her SAT on her own, no tutor. I do think the SOL prep showed her how to prepare for a standardized tests later on. Most of all, parents need to show some investment or young kids don't bother to try.

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Anonymous wrote:The SOLs for ES are supposed to show whether FCPS taught the basic, minimum information.

All this review, sending links for parents to "practice" at home with their kids, and whatnot is the school trying to CHEAT.

I would just opt her out and skip the hassle.

LOL! What?! Reviewing for an assessment is not cheating. It's a fundamental life skill.

But the point of the SOL is to assess the school's effectiveness at teaching the minimum standards.

Cramming kids full of everything you didn't teach all yeAr or expecting parents to do it at home is absolutely cheating by the school.

The point of the SOL is to see how much the kids learned/retained.

but It is true that some kids don’t test well and never will