I-ready testing -- why hoard the results?

[Anonymous]

I am so frustrated. I've been told that the i-ready was the full, stop basis for the school to assess whether my kids are on track or need support. They take the test and get the results quickly. And I never, ever get my kids' results until something comes in the mail....in December?!?

I am trying to support my kids and time is of the essence and if the school is sitting on tests results when we don't have them, it's...ridiculous.

I just email my child's teacher and she refused to share the results. The testing window closed. She offered a conference in October -- almost two months into the school year.

[Anonymous]

Did the teacher tell you why she won't share? That does seem weird.

[Anonymous]

FERPA request if you really want to know. If they have the results, they have to share them

[Anonymous]

Why is time of the essence? If you have a known concern and need the results to make a case for support, I'd go to the principal and ask for a meeting. I do find it strange that the teacher would not share them if there is actual reason for concern.

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher and I never heard of this. I have administered the IReady diagnostic for 6 years and never has the results been mailed home. They are given within the same week, sent home with the child. However, I usually drop the results in class dojo as a pdf for the parents the next day of students completing the diagnostic. It is a great way to see who has actually read the "message," and received/read the results. For what it is worth though, I am not in FCPS, a different county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I never heard of this. I have administered the IReady diagnostic for 6 years and never has the results been mailed home. They are given within the same week, sent home with the child. However, I usually drop the results in class dojo as a pdf for the parents the next day of students completing the diagnostic. It is a great way to see who has actually read the "message," and received/read the results. For what it is worth though, I am not in FCPS, a different county.

FCPS states that the results are published a month after the assessment ensure windows closes. Depending on when your kid took the test it can be almost 2 months. It's really annoying especially for a computer based test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I never heard of this. I have administered the IReady diagnostic for 6 years and never has the results been mailed home. They are given within the same week, sent home with the child. However, I usually drop the results in class dojo as a pdf for the parents the next day of students completing the diagnostic. It is a great way to see who has actually read the "message," and received/read the results. For what it is worth though, I am not in FCPS, a different county.

FCPS states that the results are published a month after the assessment ensure windows closes. Depending on when your kid took the test it can be almost 2 months. It's really annoying especially for a computer based test.

I am the teacher that you are responding to. That is really odd and I can not imagine the reason why as it is not like anyone is given the questions. Only the results are given.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I never heard of this. I have administered the IReady diagnostic for 6 years and never has the results been mailed home. They are given within the same week, sent home with the child. However, I usually drop the results in class dojo as a pdf for the parents the next day of students completing the diagnostic. It is a great way to see who has actually read the "message," and received/read the results. For what it is worth though, I am not in FCPS, a different county.

FCPS states that the results are published a month after the assessment ensure windows closes. Depending on when your kid took the test it can be almost 2 months. It's really annoying especially for a computer based test.

Our elementary school never sends the iReady results out until like Christmas. It’s never been useful in 7 years of this practice. Moreover, even when they post the results, they don’t provide any detail as to which subcategories are in need of more preparation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is time of the essence? If you have a known concern and need the results to make a case for support, I'd go to the principal and ask for a meeting. I do find it strange that the teacher would not share them if there is actual reason for concern.

The data belongs to our children, there is no reason we shouldn't be able to get it in a timely manner. A concern is not required.

[Anonymous]

This is just typical FCPS, at least our school pyramid. First indication of a problem (has there been a problem?)Is there even a problem?) is letter home just before school ends that child has been identified as a candidate for a math program in summer school ... gee ... do you think maybe we have already needed to make summer plans? Are they just needing to fill-up space in a program ... or is there a real problem ... and why NO discussion, and decent grades all along?

Or, a different child, waiting until *late* Summer to send home elementary/ms SOL results. We could have been supplementing/reenforcing weak areas at home -- all summer. If we only had known.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is just typical FCPS, at least our school pyramid. First indication of a problem (has there been a problem?)Is there even a problem?) is letter home just before school ends that child has been identified as a candidate for a math program in summer school ... gee ... do you think maybe we have already needed to make summer plans? Are they just needing to fill-up space in a program ... or is there a real problem ... and why NO discussion, and decent grades all along?

Or, a different child, waiting until *late* Summer to send home elementary/ms SOL results. We could have been supplementing/reenforcing weak areas at home -- all summer. If we only had known.

SOL results are on the state. Teachers in this forum repeatedly insist the state retains the right to throw out questions everyone misses and things like that. Even though this apparently almost never happens the state sits on the results for-ev-er.

The FCPS administered tests I cannot explain.

[Anonymous]

Each school needs to make this very clear. Again. And again. Why look incompetent when you don't have to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am so frustrated. I've been told that the i-ready was the full, stop basis for the school to assess whether my kids are on track or need support. They take the test and get the results quickly. And I never, ever get my kids' results until something comes in the mail....in December?!?

I am trying to support my kids and time is of the essence and if the school is sitting on tests results when we don't have them, it's...ridiculous.

I just email my child's teacher and she refused to share the results. The testing window closed. She offered a conference in October -- almost two months into the school year.

I would email the teacher and include counselor-let them know respectfully that you are concerned and if your child needs a tutor now is the time to be looking and October is the time to be starting said tutoring. This is not a secret-they can tell you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is just typical FCPS, at least our school pyramid. First indication of a problem (has there been a problem?)Is there even a problem?) is letter home just before school ends that child has been identified as a candidate for a math program in summer school ... gee ... do you think maybe we have already needed to make summer plans? Are they just needing to fill-up space in a program ... or is there a real problem ... and why NO discussion, and decent grades all along?

Or, a different child, waiting until *late* Summer to send home elementary/ms SOL results. We could have been supplementing/reenforcing weak areas at home -- all summer. If we only had known.

+1

[Anonymous]

Well, it's certainly not to ensure the validity/accuracy of the results. Last year, my child had one subcategory of "below expectations" and I even discussed it with the teacher at the conference. Then, a few weeks later, got another mailing saying my child was actually "approaching expectations" in that subcategory. I never got (or asked for, TBH) for an explanation, though I suspect what happened was the numerical threshold between the various expectation levels changed.