Disastrous results for iready

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school keeps doing assessments, even though they stopped teaching in March. No new material was taught. Just pick up where you stopped in March!

My now 3rd grade DC's teachers taught new material starting April 14 (yes, even with the week of disruption). Even barring that, I was teaching them new material tracking with the program of studies. I know I wasn't alone in this. So yes, my 3rd grader in AAP is ready for 3rd grade content; she doesn't need to re-do the math they taught her in spring.

Ok but that’s your school. If a principal decided to no teach in the spring, then every student at his school would be in the same place, wherever they stopped last March.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school keeps doing assessments, even though they stopped teaching in March. No new material was taught. Just pick up where you stopped in March!

My now 3rd grade DC's teachers taught new material starting April 14 (yes, even with the week of disruption). Even barring that, I was teaching them new material tracking with the program of studies. I know I wasn't alone in this. So yes, my 3rd grader in AAP is ready for 3rd grade content; she doesn't need to re-do the math they taught her in spring.

Ok but that’s your school. If a principal decided to no teach in the spring, then every student at his school would be in the same place, wherever they stopped last March.

unless some teachers and a lot of parents ignored the principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:kid should not be in AAP.

Who are you to decide? Our child was referred by school and we only answered questions no other parent work was submitted.

Child was writing at 3rd grade level in 1st grade per teacher. I am respiratory therapist intubating covid patients since March and husband also essential worker.
My dad lost his cousin to covid. Since March it is stressful and we were not able to guide our kids. Kids sense the stress in home. As I said teacher said test was rushed. All this is due to Pandemic.

Signed by OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how/when are we supposed to get the results?

Don't know we just got the email from teacher saying they need to do more assessment as she got a notice child rushed and the results do not depict what she thinks about our child.
OP

[Anonymous]

My kid loooooves iready because he gets to "play video games" at the end, so he rushes it! Horribly designed test to give an incentive like that at the end, kids rush through. I tried to explain why its important he actually read the questions etc so the teacher can see what kids know and what they still need work on etc. In one ear out the other.

[Anonymous]

Do you have any scores from last year for comparison purposes? If my kid bombed the test, I would want to know her scores from the beginning of 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade. If her other scores are consistently higher and showing a flat or upward trajectory, this one was a one-off. If all of the scores are lower than expected and/or showing a downward trajectory, then there might be a reason for concern.

I'm not trying to make you paranoid, but 4th-5th grade is around the time when inattentive ADHD will show up in girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you have any scores from last year for comparison purposes? If my kid bombed the test, I would want to know her scores from the beginning of 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade. If her other scores are consistently higher and showing a flat or upward trajectory, this one was a one-off. If all of the scores are lower than expected and/or showing a downward trajectory, then there might be a reason for concern.

I'm not trying to make you paranoid, but 4th-5th grade is around the time when inattentive ADHD will show up in girls.

Thank you for your suggestions. We will wait for the one on one assessment and than ask the teacher this question.
Last year was all 4's ( agree could be exaggerated ) for the whole school year. We believe it is due to circumstances so wanted to ask other parents.

[Anonymous]

My kid also fiinished their reading iready test quickly, maybe in 30-40 minutes (5th grade). I was expecting it to go on for a long time because last year my kid had taken 2 days to finish the test. I feel my kid may have bombed the test but I don't know the score and the teacher has not sent any email. Is it possible the test was short this year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid loooooves iready because he gets to "play video games" at the end, so he rushes it! Horribly designed test to give an incentive like that at the end, kids rush through. I tried to explain why its important he actually read the questions etc so the teacher can see what kids know and what they still need work on etc. In one ear out the other.

My kid said same. I frankly don’t give a crap about iready. It’s meant to catch kids at risk for learning gaps, etc. please don’t fret OP. RN here with kids in AAP. Your child will be ok. Looks like school is already on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:kid should not be in AAP.

Who are you to decide? Our child was referred by school and we only answered questions no other parent work was submitted.

Child was writing at 3rd grade level in 1st grade per teacher. I am respiratory therapist intubating covid patients since March and husband also essential worker.
My dad lost his cousin to covid. Since March it is stressful and we were not able to guide our kids. Kids sense the stress in home. As I said teacher said test was rushed. All this is due to Pandemic.

Signed by OP.

If your kid is such a genius, why are they failing iReady?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid loooooves iready because he gets to "play video games" at the end, so he rushes it! Horribly designed test to give an incentive like that at the end, kids rush through. I tried to explain why its important he actually read the questions etc so the teacher can see what kids know and what they still need work on etc. In one ear out the other.

My kid said same. I frankly don’t give a crap about iready. It’s meant to catch kids at risk for learning gaps, etc. please don’t fret OP. RN here with kids in AAP. Your child will be ok. Looks like school is already on it.

It isn't really meant to just catch kids at risk for learning gaps, even if that's primarily the way FCPS uses it. The trend line is very important here. OP's kid might have had a 99th percentile in 2nd grade, an 80th in 3rd, a 60th in 4th, and a 40th in 5th, indicating that OP's kid was just a very early bloomer who isn't particularly advanced anymore. Or OP's kid might be > 95th percentile every year except this one, meaning that the kid was distracted or had other issues.

I don't buy that a neurotypical kid is incapable of following directions and trying on the test. I also don't buy that a kid who is above the 90th percentile in terms of intelligence and advancement could get a < 40th percentile score just from "rushing it." But, I could easily see a kid having a bad day or a one-off, especially when taking this test at home. OP needs the scores from previous years.

[Anonymous]

I think a lot of AAP parents hate iready because it shows just how ordinary their kids are. If your kid is scoring below grade level or at a lower percentile, it must be that the test is flawed and not that your kid isn't particularly advanced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of AAP parents hate iready because it shows just how ordinary their kids are. If your kid is scoring below grade level or at a lower percentile, it must be that the test is flawed and not that your kid isn't particularly advanced.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid also fiinished their reading iready test quickly, maybe in 30-40 minutes (5th grade). I was expecting it to go on for a long time because last year my kid had taken 2 days to finish the test. I feel my kid may have bombed the test but I don't know the score and the teacher has not sent any email. Is it possible the test was short this year?

Same. Both my 5AAP kid and my 2nd grader finished in less than 45 minutes. I thought it would be longer.

Haven't heard from either teacher. I don't know.

[Anonymous]

This is horrible test that gives you things above grade level and waits for you to fail to put you on an appropriate level. I had to sit with my kid and prevent him from choosing randomly. Many things he had no idea about.
The horrible thing is that it is used for math tracking in our district! Otherwise I wouldn’t care one bit.
Let the teacher handle it and relax and tell your kid not to rush but don’t sweat it. Thank you for the work you do!