In Virginia the public schools just completed the SOL (Standards Of Learning) testing. Our third grade son took them this year for the first time. As part of the preparation for the testing, the elementary school held a meeting for third grade parents to discuss the SOL testing; i.e. what to expect, how the testing is monitored, who grades it, when the scores get returned, etc. I attended the meeting more out of curiosity than a need to know since we have an older son in Middle School and he's taken the SOL's since he was in third grade. Prior to the meeting I had offered to provide the school administrator with some talking points about kids and testing, but more from the perspective of giving parents permission to relax about the testing. After all, this isn't an SAT, the third grade SOL will not determine if your child will be accepted to Harvard. It's mainly a test to determine a school's educational performance, not individual student learning. However, despite what the test is supposed to measure, there are parents who are dead set on their children acing this test and getting a perfect score.
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