Juniors took a second SOL test in Mar. This test was taken on computers for practice for the upcoming school years.
By Chandler Shirer
Junior English students were required to take two SOL tests this year. After their regular SOL test they had to take a field test as well. This test was a practice test for students to take in upcoming years. The test was all online instead of being all written.
The field tests were taken by all juniors on Mar. 22, 23, 26, and 27. Students and teachers both had different opinions on this new approach to the SOL tests.
“I hate typing on the computer so the actual SOL test we had to take this year was much easier than the field test in my opinion,” junior Amanda Terry said.
The writing prompts given to the students were all different from one another. This could have made it easier for some students and harder for others because some prompts may have been easier than others.
“I felt like it wasn’t fair to everyone because some choices of the prompts were easier to write about,” junior Tanner Barlow said.
The field test had many tools that students could use to help them write their essays. The tools included a highlighter, spell check, etc. They were useful to many students and it was an advantage for the students taking the field tests.
“I think I would spend less time on the computer than I would on paper because it was easier to fix my mistakes,” Barlow said.