"I'm so nervous about the SOLs!" one of my homeroom students said today about our state assessments next week.
"Why?" I asked him.
"Because they're soooo important! Colleges will look at them!" he explained.
I paused. Since they are unavoidable, I want our students to take standardized tests seriously so that the data we get might be useful.
Even so, I couldn't help myself. "No college is going to look at your sixth grade SOL!" I told him. "Especially in a pandemic year!"
He knit his brow and cocked his head.
"Do you feel better?" I asked.
"Yeah," he replied. "I do. I really do."
Truth
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