Iowa Test (IAAT) results

[Anonymous]

DS took it a while ago but still haven't seen the result on ParentView. Any idea when it's coming out? School is not very communicative (the teacher did not even respond to repeated recommendation letter requests so we did not bother asking)

[Anonymous]

Not in FCPS, but ours take 10+ weeks.

[Anonymous]

I heard they thought sometime in March because this year it was on the computer so would be faster to grade. We haven't seen anything yet. My older son didn't get his til the summer, so I'm not really thinking about it.

[Anonymous]

Rumor has it algebra in 7th grade is going to be open enrollment next year, so don't stress.

[Anonymous]

My son transferred from private to public at the 7th -- he took the Iowa test in the summer and got 96%. But the school never informed us of his eligibility so we assumed he did not pass the requirement. We found out more than half year later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rumor has it algebra in 7th grade is going to be open enrollment next year, so don't stress.

Uh... what? I doubt that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rumor has it algebra in 7th grade is going to be open enrollment next year, so don't stress.

That would be ugly. The reality is that parents can place their kids in Algebra 1 in 7th grade without the request test scores but there is a lot of pushback on it. For good reason, it is a high school class and it moves quickly. Kids who test into the class struggle with it. Most of the kids who test into it do fine, many do great. But it is not a good fit for a lot of kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Rumor has it algebra in 7th grade is going to be open enrollment next year, so don't stress.

Uh... what? I doubt that.

I'm a middle school algebra teacher and it's what we were told.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rumor has it algebra in 7th grade is going to be open enrollment next year, so don't stress.

Uh... what? I doubt that.

I'm a middle school algebra teacher and it's what we were told.

The only threshold will be a pass adv on SOL. Not sure why they made kids take this test if they are not using it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rumor has it algebra in 7th grade is going to be open enrollment next year, so don't stress.

Uh... what? I doubt that.

I'm a middle school algebra teacher and it's what we were told.

The only threshold will be a pass adv on SOL. Not sure why they made kids take this test if they are not using it. [/quote

I think it's still useful information for making informed decisions about 7th grade course selection, and I'm hopeful that parents and schools still use it as a reference point--it's a very reasonable minimum for the majority of students who want to do 7th grade algebra.

But just like students have always been able to go straight from math 7 to algebra 1 (ask me how many times I've had kids on my 8th grade algebra roster who failed the math 7 SOL...it's a lot), parents will now be able to override the data and register their kid for algebra 1 in 7th grade no matter what. 450 on the math 6 SOL and a 76 on the IAAT? Close enough.

Algebra 1 in middle school is about to become VERY watered down.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rumor has it algebra in 7th grade is going to be open enrollment next year, so don't stress.

Uh... what? I doubt that.

I'm a middle school algebra teacher and it's what we were told.

The only threshold will be a pass adv on SOL. Not sure why they made kids take this test if they are not using it.

I think it's still useful information for making informed decisions about 7th grade course selection, and I'm hopeful that parents and schools still use it as a reference point--it's a very reasonable minimum for the majority of students who want to do 7th grade algebra.

But just like students have always been able to go straight from math 7 to algebra 1 (ask me how many times I've had kids on my 8th grade algebra roster who failed the math 7 SOL...it's a lot), parents will now be able to override the data and register their kid for algebra 1 in 7th grade no matter what. 450 on the math 6 SOL and a 76 on the IAAT? Close enough.

Algebra 1 in middle school is about to become VERY watered down.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rumor has it algebra in 7th grade is going to be open enrollment next year, so don't stress.

Uh... what? I doubt that.

I'm a middle school algebra teacher and it's what we were told.

The only threshold will be a pass adv on SOL. Not sure why they made kids take this test if they are not using it.

I think it's still useful information for making informed decisions about 7th grade course selection, and I'm hopeful that parents and schools still use it as a reference point--it's a very reasonable minimum for the majority of students who want to do 7th grade algebra.

But just like students have always been able to go straight from math 7 to algebra 1 (ask me how many times I've had kids on my 8th grade algebra roster who failed the math 7 SOL...it's a lot), parents will now be able to override the data and register their kid for algebra 1 in 7th grade no matter what. 450 on the math 6 SOL and a 76 on the IAAT? Close enough.

Algebra 1 in middle school is about to become VERY watered down.

I teach Advanced Math 6th (7th grade math) and I am not happy about this change. I wish teacher recommendation was a part of it. I know which kids are ready. Literally every kid I would recommend did well on IAAT. There is sometimes surprises score wise but I know who is ready and who would benefit 7H math. This push for Algebra for all is so ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rumor has it algebra in 7th grade is going to be open enrollment next year, so don't stress.

Uh... what? I doubt that.

I'm a middle school algebra teacher and it's what we were told.

Wow, that is insane and so bad for long term outcomes and interest in math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rumor has it algebra in 7th grade is going to be open enrollment next year, so don't stress.

Uh... what? I doubt that.

I'm a middle school algebra teacher and it's what we were told.

Wow, that is insane and so bad for long term outcomes and interest in math.

But the only metric anyone in central office cares about lately is the % of kids taking algebra by 8th grade. That's literally it. Every meeting I've sat in during this school year is about how we need to get all kids into algebra in middle school. This opens it up.

No one is measuring the % of kids who stop taking math by senior year because they are burnt out, or who go from honors or advanced math in middle school to "check a box that says i have a math class" math by 11th grade because they don't like it.

It's going to be a scheduling nightmare when kids drop algebra 1 after 1st quarter and have nowhere to go, because there are only a handful of prealgebra classes and they're all full. And the prealgebra curriculum does equations and functions in first quarter, so if algebra goes over their head and they drop, they've missed the foundations in the prealgebra course too.

Not excited for next year.

[Anonymous]

I think FCPS has adopted the “let them” mentality. I can imagine the endless appeals for AAP, and requests for exceptions to prereq standards take a lot of resources to adjudicate, at a time when resources are already strained.

So if you want to put Larla in Algebra next year when she is barely keeping up with Math 6 this year, go ahead. Clearly as a parent, you know your child better than the teachers/administrators/test writers. And if she withdraws and ends up in a pre-algebra class with 45 kids, who cares. Or she fails algebra and gets to high school with that on her transcript. Who cares.

Parents are now empowered to choose their kids’ educational destiny, and it will probably save some money in the long run.