How are children in NYS supposed to pass the yearly state tests if the state

[Bee]

won't release individual test results? I wondered why we hadn't heard dd's test results from last year so I called the school; individual student test scores haven't been released yet by the state and the new school year has started. Teachers and parents are supposed to figure out what each child needs to work on based on...? Right now dh is leaning toward not sending younger dd to ps next year. Hearing this was just one more nail in the coffin, so to speak. It isn't the school's fault, it just doesn't give me a whole lot of confidence in the ps system at all. I'm not sure how our little experiment in hsing older dd will eventually turn out but I feel like sending younger dd to school is just as much of an experiment and right now the outcome doesn't seem quite as positive as I want it to be. I'm trying not to sound whiny because I really want to stay positive about dd's school experience. She loves it there so much but I'm not sure that keeping a child in a place that isn't achieving the goals I want just because she thinks it's fun is a really good reason.

[Snickerdoodle]

Did you read this? (http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/21/2010-09-21_epic_fail_incoming_hs_students_ordered_to_retak e_eighth_grade_after_screwup_by_e.html)

[one l michele]

I sent in my IHIP's for each child mid July after getting confirmation they have my letter of intents. I have yet to get my "approval" letter, however, our first quarter is up (as stated on my IHIP - our new school year started July 1st), thus I sent in my first quarter report for each child without even being "approved". The turnaround time is just ridiculous here!

[kamom]

I have the same thing going as michele. Do I know you? I know a Michele who homeschools! I sent in my IHIPs and haven't heard back. I'm proceeding as planned and hoping for the best:glare:

[Bee]

Ok, they lost my paperwork once. But they are responsive. While dh's frustrations are equally divided between how the school does things and how the state does things, mine are almost wholly caused by the state. It frustrates me to know that my child will spend at least half the school year studying for the state mandated tests. I think that the schools did a better job when they had more autonomy.

[WendyK]

I sent in my IHIP's for each child mid July after getting confirmation they have my letter of intents. I have yet to get my "approval" letter, however, our first quarter is up (as stated on my IHIP - our new school year started July 1st), thus I sent in my first quarter report for each child without even being "approved". The turnaround time is just ridiculous here!

Wow weird. This year they have been so slow to respond in my district too. I just got my "approval" and I'm just about ready to send in my first quarterly.

[LibrarianMom]

I wondered why we hadn't heard dd's test results from last year so I called the school; individual student test scores haven't been released yet by the state and the new school year has started. Teachers and parents are supposed to figure out what each child needs to work on based on...?

I'm not in New York, but I've always known the previous year's state exam results to go home with students at the end of the first quarter. States have to do the tests for all of the schools and figure out what the state average is, and the averages for each school, and whether schools are making annual yearly progress or not. State tests results are calculated based just on who is taking the test at the same time.

Teachers and parents can figure out what a child needs to work on based on daily classroom work and other real-work sampling such as portfolios.

[WendyK]

I just wanted to add that last year they changed the scoring on the tests in NY so I wonder if that has anything to do with it. Basically they made it more difficult to pass. So if X score was passing 2 years ago, it might not be now. Many kids who passed before didn't pass last year. I wonder if some schools are holding back sending scores to parents so as to not have a revolt.

[mschickie]

Wow weird. This year they have been so slow to respond in my district too. I just got my "approval" and I'm just about ready to send in my first quarterly.


Our district contacted us at the end of Aug. since they were missing sd's testing results. We had sent them in at the end of June with dd's written narrative. The really funny thing was that sd was a senior and we requested a letter of completion. We got the letter of completion before July 1st and then at the end of Aug they do not have her test scores???? They also told us that they were behind this summer and that if we do not hear from them our IHIP is ok. So I will be sending in our quarterly in a few weeks and just keep on doing what I am doing until I hear otherwise.