Re : FCPS IAAT IOWA test format

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:can someone send me a link for practice test for Garde 6 for Iowa test for Math? My kid is going to take it in 2 weeks and I can't find much online.

It isn't a test you prep for.

Of course it is.

Nope. You just have know 5th grade math and work quickly.

There is a section containing Math 7 questions.

But what really is Math 7? Think nationally. Math 7 is just a name. Most of the topics are actually taught in 5th grade in other states/districts.

Maybe but they’re taught in Math 7 in VA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:can someone send me a link for practice test for Garde 6 for Iowa test for Math? My kid is going to take it in 2 weeks and I can't find much online.

It isn't a test you prep for.

Of course it is.

Nope. You just have know 5th grade math and work quickly.

There is a section containing Math 7 questions.

But what really is Math 7? Think nationally. Math 7 is just a name. Most of the topics are actually taught in 5th grade in other states/districts.

You are misinformed. FCPS is one of the few districts in the County that moves a decent percentage of students into Algebra 1 in 7th grade. Math 7 is pre-Algebra and it is being taught to 6th graders. The IAAT that they are given is to test their preparedness for Algebra, a class that the majority of students in the US who are considered Advanced in math will take in 8th grade and a large percentage of the country will noit take until 9th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We recently received this information from my child’s teacher:

“The test format has changed—it is now a computerized test instead of a paper-and-pencil test. One of the most significant changes is that the test now consists of a single section with 60 questions, and students will have 40 minutes to complete it. Previously, it was divided into four sections, each with 15 questions and a 10-minute time limit. The test will have a built-in timer that students can choose to display on their screen. If they find it distracting, they will have the option to hide it.”

so I have couple of questions here -
Is it going to be the same format across fcps ? .
So this means that they can revisit the questions that they skipped previously due to time constraints and get back to it ?.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:can someone send me a link for practice test for Garde 6 for Iowa test for Math? My kid is going to take it in 2 weeks and I can't find much online.

It isn't a test you prep for.

Of course it is.

Nope. You just have know 5th grade math and work quickly.

There is a section containing Math 7 questions.

But what really is Math 7? Think nationally. Math 7 is just a name. Most of the topics are actually taught in 5th grade in other states/districts.

You are misinformed. FCPS is one of the few districts in the County that moves a decent percentage of students into Algebra 1 in 7th grade. Math 7 is pre-Algebra and it is being taught to 6th graders. The IAAT that they are given is to test their preparedness for Algebra, a class that the majority of students in the US who are considered Advanced in math will take in 8th grade and a large percentage of the country will noit take until 9th grade.

Have you lived anywhere else with 5/6th graders? Don’t say someone is misinformed when you don’t know. This is a national test and other places have kids in Algebra in 7th. The only real distinction is that FCPS doesn’t allow everyone to take the test because advanced math is gatekept.

Work quickly and accurately. That’s it.

[Anonymous]

So no 4 sections this year?

[Anonymous]

Any 6th grade student kid here taken the IOWA test? Did it have all the four sections?