What is iReady testing like?
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Anonymous
| DD is familiar with NWEA, but will be starting to take iReady this month. She said it's math and reading, just like NWEA, is that right? |
Anonymous
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There is a separate math and reading iReady. Whether your child will take both depends on your district. My kids have taken one or both in different years. I think you’d get more info googling
It’s an adaptive test, and can take some kids a very long time to finish (my daughter once worked on the math section for an 1-2 hours a day for almost 2 weeks). |
Anonymous
| The math should not take 5 hours. At most it should take 2. Average is probably 1-1:15. I help administer this test to a middle school of 800 kids. Your student is not proficient or competent at the math if it’s taking that long. It is an adaptive test that provides information on specific skills in math in 4 categories (numeracy and operations, algebraic thinking, measurement and data, and geometry) it helps teachers know what skills are weak and what strengths are and where any gaps are. |
Anonymous
This made me laugh, because we had an administrator say the same thing. She literally was getting almost the highest score possible. She was taking so long because in 4th grade she was getting questions that were things that her older sister was learning in 8th grade. She was committed to answering it correctly, and is really good at figuring it out even if she hadn't learned it yet. She was not the only kid taking so long, and it was ALL the kids in the highest AAP math group at our school. Not sure why some folks in the school are so confused about this. Believe me, at home I was counseling her to go ahead and get something wrong if she didn't know it. But it did not matter what I said to her, she was going to do it her way. |
Anonymous
| We would discount a kid’s score who took that long. And it shows she’s smart but definitely not efficient with the math. They should skip her up more and teach her better strategies. My own kid scored in the 565-570 range last year in 7th (which is on target since she’s supposed to have been learning 9th grade skills) and is in advanced math class but I wouldn’t want her spending 10 hours doing it. We do have a small number of kids (6th -8th grade) that score in the 590s but not taking more than 2 hours. They are taking extra accelerated math through a local university. I think there’s 3 total in the school. |
Anonymous
| I don’t know how it compares, but she scored 595 in 6th grade. She’s not a math genius by any means, but is very persistent. She aces the SOLs, because she triple checks her work. I’ve tried to get her chill out, but… |
Anonymous
Neurotic like the mother |