Impact of iReady score on AAP application

[Anonymous]

My daughter did not have great iReady scores - 71 Percentile math and 64 Verbal
Cogat 130 (Verbal) Quant (138) Nonverbal SAS (118) Composite (135)
NAI 107
Work samples submitted by the school not great - not because her input was bad but the sheets were so basic that you would have to go in thinking "I need to say something outlandish to turn in a good AAP work sample'" to make these reflect a gifted kid.

The schoolwork is mindboggling slow. She aces every single assignment, test, Level 3 math.
She can be challenged.


GBRS are not great. No COs. Yet she does really well on everything. What do these teachers look for? You can't be bright and up for a challenge?

This is a kid who came home on a Friday night, spent 3 hours writing scripts for her classmates group project, editing and rewriting to get a perfect flow for their project (presented as a play).

I'm wondering if the test scores are killing this. She told me on Cogat day, the teacher ran out of tests (last year before online), left the classroom. Kids were talking up a storm. She's like me. I get very distracted in noisy test environments.
I'm not saying she'd nail the tests otherwise. But in looking at the packet - I wouldn't put her in Level IV either. This is a center school. Applied in 3rd grade.

[Anonymous]

IReady is not used for determining LIV placement.

I would look at the comments that the Teacher made on the GBRSs and focus on helping her strengthen those areas. What is she doing when she completes her work at school? Were the GBRSs FOs or were they OOs?

[Anonymous]

I was surprised to see they started to use Iready as stated on the universal screener referral email received on Dec. 2022, although it wasn’t mentioned on website, but it’s actually a more accurate way to see if both test scores and Iready scores kind of match each other:


What data will be considered for screening?

For any student referred for full-time services through any of the pathways (universal screener referral, teacher referral, or family referral), a file is created by the school with the following information:

· Gifted Behaviors Rating Scale with Commentary (completed by a committee at the local school)

· Progress reports

· Standardized ability test score (e.g. NNAT, CogAT)

· Standardized achievement test results (iReady, SOLs, etc.)

· Optional Parent/Guardian Questionnaire

· Additional academic data as available

· A minimum of four work samples produced at school (at least two will be responses to opportunities to use AAP strategies or curriculum that happen in Tier 1 Access to Rigor AAP services (level I).

· Parents may submit up to two optional work samples. Please share with your AART at your local school by December 15. Schools may submit additional work samples if parents do not submit optional samples.

[Anonymous]

Some kids don’t do well at Iready. If you believe your daughter is above grade level just appeal with better work sample and perhaps wisc if it’s high enough. If she’s good at math try to apply for advanced math (level III).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised to see they started to use Iready as stated on the universal screener referral email received on Dec. 2022, although it wasn’t mentioned on website, but it’s actually a more accurate way to see if both test scores and Iready scores kind of match each other:


What data will be considered for screening?

For any student referred for full-time services through any of the pathways (universal screener referral, teacher referral, or family referral), a file is created by the school with the following information:

· Gifted Behaviors Rating Scale with Commentary (completed by a committee at the local school)

· Progress reports

· Standardized ability test score (e.g. NNAT, CogAT)

· Standardized achievement test results (iReady, SOLs, etc.)

· Optional Parent/Guardian Questionnaire

· Additional academic data as available

· A minimum of four work samples produced at school (at least two will be responses to opportunities to use AAP strategies or curriculum that happen in Tier 1 Access to Rigor AAP services (level I).

· Parents may submit up to two optional work samples. Please share with your AART at your local school by December 15. Schools may submit additional work samples if parents do not submit optional samples.

DC's packet included their iReady scores. One of the CogAT sub-scores was missing, so the iReady results were the only stand-in DC had for that area (in addition to strong work samples and GBRS narrative).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised to see they started to use Iready as stated on the universal screener referral email received on Dec. 2022, although it wasn’t mentioned on website, but it’s actually a more accurate way to see if both test scores and Iready scores kind of match each other:


What data will be considered for screening?

For any student referred for full-time services through any of the pathways (universal screener referral, teacher referral, or family referral), a file is created by the school with the following information:

· Gifted Behaviors Rating Scale with Commentary (completed by a committee at the local school)

· Progress reports

· Standardized ability test score (e.g. NNAT, CogAT)

· Standardized achievement test results (iReady, SOLs, etc.)

· Optional Parent/Guardian Questionnaire

· Additional academic data as available

· A minimum of four work samples produced at school (at least two will be responses to opportunities to use AAP strategies or curriculum that happen in Tier 1 Access to Rigor AAP services (level I).

· Parents may submit up to two optional work samples. Please share with your AART at your local school by December 15. Schools may submit additional work samples if parents do not submit optional samples.

DC's packet included their iReady scores. One of the CogAT sub-scores was missing, so the iReady results were the only stand-in DC had for that area (in addition to strong work samples and GBRS narrative).

Agreed - IReady scores were added to our child's packet as well.