UrbanBaby

07.17.08, 19:01 PM NY Schools
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Surprise, surprise! Came home to find a voicemail from the DOE saying that I have an appt to review my dc's OLSAT scores at the end of July. I had asked for a review back in ?April. I am curious as to why there is a HUGE discrepancy between last year's OLSAT scores and this ones, but I will have to take time off from work, and it really won't make a difference now anyway. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 07.17.08, 07:01 PM Flag

Dear UrbanBaby community,

Thank you so much for being a valued member of the UrbanBaby community. We wanted to inform you that we are shutting down the site on July 6th. We are grateful for your participation and support that has helped make UrbanBaby such an important resource to parents for many years.

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UrbanBaby Support

you may well be the biggest whiner in all of UB land. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.17.08, 07:04 PM Flag

lol! [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.17.08, 07:07 PM Flag

just curious. how did you go about asking to review the olsats? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.17.08, 07:07 PM Flag

OP: I don't disagree, but hey, that's what UB is for! [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.17.08, 07:07 PM Flag

You had to request a review of the test, but the request had to be submitted in writing by a certainn deadline. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.17.08, 07:08 PM Flag

You should go. 1. You might want to try again, and this will be very very valuable information to have. 2. You can probably help other people with what you know. Shoot, I'd go in your place in a second. I'd love to see those crap OLSATs. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.17.08, 07:40 PM Flag

np--they make you sign a confidentiality agreement saying that you will not discuss the review with anyone (friend went and told me about it) [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.17.08, 07:50 PM Flag

she told you about the review or she told you about her kid's OLSAT test? No way is there a confidentiality agreement. your friend told you that because she didn't want to discuss what a dummy her kid turned out to be. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.17.08, 08:31 PM Flag

nnp: there is now a confidentiality agreement [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.17.08, 08:35 PM Flag

which is worth the paper it's written on. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.17.08, 09:00 PM Flag

I went; mostly wanted to see if DD finished or if she realy got that many wrong. Some I knew she knew. Yes, there is a confidentialty agreement -- not a big deal as they are giving sa,e test next yr., but does give you a sense of how difficult/what type of questions they ask just as the practice test did. If you aren't going to do again, I wouldn't bother. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.17.08, 09:54 PM Flag

Do you have the option for an appeal based on the review? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.18.08, 09:30 AM Flag

OP: FWIW, I will go (luckily,I have a light schedule at work anyway), mostly out of curiosity now. I will report back to my UB sisters what I have learned about the experience (but not the actual test questions). [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.18.08, 08:59 AM Flag

Did you put in the request in writing? I did that, too, but am still waiting for the DOE to get back to me. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.18.08, 09:29 AM Flag

OP: Yes, months ago. It's been so long that I figured they were probably not going to call me. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.18.08, 09:39 AM Flag