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Anonymous wrote:My 2nd grader is always strong in math (90-99%) but barely passing reading. (65%) She struggled in reading last year.

She had reading tutoring all summer long and it seemed to be working. She was reading above reading level books by herself. And yet she still bombed the Fall reading iready. I don't get it.

Is that the 65th percentile? I don't think that's "barely passing".

A student doesn't "pass" or "fail" the iReady screener, right?

Right, it means they are in the 65%ile which is above the national average.

Where I come from, "at or slightly above the national average" is basically failing.

Lol no it isn’t. Do you understand percentiles? She didn’t get “a 65%.” She scored better than 65% of test takers. Now you can say that’s not good and sign her up for tutoring or whatever. But the school is going to look at that result and say she’s doing fine and on grade level … which is 100% true.

65th percentile is “approaching expectations”, not meeting them. I have a kid with similar scores. They might have scored better than most American kids, but they are not where they should be.

Is your child not American? Do you feel your child should score higher than American kids due to some inherent characteristics they possess?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My 2nd grader is always strong in math (90-99%) but barely passing reading. (65%) She struggled in reading last year.

She had reading tutoring all summer long and it seemed to be working. She was reading above reading level books by herself. And yet she still bombed the Fall reading iready. I don't get it.

Is that the 65th percentile? I don't think that's "barely passing".

A student doesn't "pass" or "fail" the iReady screener, right?

Right, it means they are in the 65%ile which is above the national average.

Where I come from, "at or slightly above the national average" is basically failing.

Lol no it isn’t. Do you understand percentiles? She didn’t get “a 65%.” She scored better than 65% of test takers. Now you can say that’s not good and sign her up for tutoring or whatever. But the school is going to look at that result and say she’s doing fine and on grade level … which is 100% true.

65th percentile is “approaching expectations”, not meeting them. I have a kid with similar scores. They might have scored better than most American kids, but they are not where they should be.

Are these comments serious? I have to wonder if this is a troll post.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My 2nd grader is always strong in math (90-99%) but barely passing reading. (65%) She struggled in reading last year.

She had reading tutoring all summer long and it seemed to be working. She was reading above reading level books by herself. And yet she still bombed the Fall reading iready. I don't get it.

Is that the 65th percentile? I don't think that's "barely passing".

A student doesn't "pass" or "fail" the iReady screener, right?

Right, it means they are in the 65%ile which is above the national average.

Where I come from, "at or slightly above the national average" is basically failing.

Lol no it isn’t. Do you understand percentiles? She didn’t get “a 65%.” She scored better than 65% of test takers. Now you can say that’s not good and sign her up for tutoring or whatever. But the school is going to look at that result and say she’s doing fine and on grade level … which is 100% true.

65th percentile is “approaching expectations”, not meeting them. I have a kid with similar scores. They might have scored better than most American kids, but they are not where they should be.

Are these comments serious? I have to wonder if this is a troll post.

I think the expectations are for where they should be at the end of the year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 2nd grader is always strong in math (90-99%) but barely passing reading. (65%) She struggled in reading last year.

She had reading tutoring all summer long and it seemed to be working. She was reading above reading level books by herself. And yet she still bombed the Fall reading iready. I don't get it.

Is that the 65th percentile? I don't think that's "barely passing".

A student doesn't "pass" or "fail" the iReady screener, right?

Right, it means they are in the 65%ile which is above the national average.

Where I come from, "at or slightly above the national average" is basically failing.

Lol no it isn’t. Do you understand percentiles? She didn’t get “a 65%.” She scored better than 65% of test takers. Now you can say that’s not good and sign her up for tutoring or whatever. But the school is going to look at that result and say she’s doing fine and on grade level … which is 100% true.

65th percentile is “approaching expectations”, not meeting them. I have a kid with similar scores. They might have scored better than most American kids, but they are not where they should be.

Are these comments serious? I have to wonder if this is a troll post.

These are the same people who can’t figure out why their kids are anxious, depressed, and burned out by young adulthood.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My 2nd grader is always strong in math (90-99%) but barely passing reading. (65%) She struggled in reading last year.

She had reading tutoring all summer long and it seemed to be working. She was reading above reading level books by herself. And yet she still bombed the Fall reading iready. I don't get it.

Is that the 65th percentile? I don't think that's "barely passing".

A student doesn't "pass" or "fail" the iReady screener, right?

Right, it means they are in the 65%ile which is above the national average.

Where I come from, "at or slightly above the national average" is basically failing.

Lol no it isn’t. Do you understand percentiles? She didn’t get “a 65%.” She scored better than 65% of test takers. Now you can say that’s not good and sign her up for tutoring or whatever. But the school is going to look at that result and say she’s doing fine and on grade level … which is 100% true.

65th percentile is “approaching expectations”, not meeting them. I have a kid with similar scores. They might have scored better than most American kids, but they are not where they should be.

Is your child not American? Do you feel your child should score higher than American kids due to some inherent characteristics they possess?

I should have said “kids US wide” not American kids. That was my wording mistake. But yes, I am an immigrant. My kid is American though.
And the “approaching expectations” is the wording from the test, not my wording.

I also have a child who scores in the 5th percentile. School really doesn’t care how the kids score.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My 2nd grader is always strong in math (90-99%) but barely passing reading. (65%) She struggled in reading last year.

She had reading tutoring all summer long and it seemed to be working. She was reading above reading level books by herself. And yet she still bombed the Fall reading iready. I don't get it.

Is that the 65th percentile? I don't think that's "barely passing".

A student doesn't "pass" or "fail" the iReady screener, right?

Right, it means they are in the 65%ile which is above the national average.

Where I come from, "at or slightly above the national average" is basically failing.

Lol no it isn’t. Do you understand percentiles? She didn’t get “a 65%.” She scored better than 65% of test takers. Now you can say that’s not good and sign her up for tutoring or whatever. But the school is going to look at that result and say she’s doing fine and on grade level … which is 100% true.

65th percentile is “approaching expectations”, not meeting them. I have a kid with similar scores. They might have scored better than most American kids, but they are not where they should be.

Are these comments serious? I have to wonder if this is a troll post.

I think the expectations are for where they should be at the end of the year.

It is and it even says as much on the sheet the school sends home with the Iready scores.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 2nd grader is always strong in math (90-99%) but barely passing reading. (65%) She struggled in reading last year.

She had reading tutoring all summer long and it seemed to be working. She was reading above reading level books by herself. And yet she still bombed the Fall reading iready. I don't get it.

Is that the 65th percentile? I don't think that's "barely passing".

A student doesn't "pass" or "fail" the iReady screener, right?

Right, it means they are in the 65%ile which is above the national average.

Where I come from, "at or slightly above the national average" is basically failing.

Lol no it isn’t. Do you understand percentiles? She didn’t get “a 65%.” She scored better than 65% of test takers. Now you can say that’s not good and sign her up for tutoring or whatever. But the school is going to look at that result and say she’s doing fine and on grade level … which is 100% true.

65th percentile is “approaching expectations”, not meeting them. I have a kid with similar scores. They might have scored better than most American kids, but they are not where they should be.

Are these comments serious? I have to wonder if this is a troll post.

I think the expectations are for where they should be at the end of the year.

It is and it even says as much on the sheet the school sends home with the Iready scores.

Kids who score "approaching expectations" in the fall are like the perfect candidates for school--they are right near the mark or a touch ahead of where the teachers are teaching. They are more likely to be engaged and succeed than kids who are way above or below.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 2nd grader is always strong in math (90-99%) but barely passing reading. (65%) She struggled in reading last year.

She had reading tutoring all summer long and it seemed to be working. She was reading above reading level books by herself. And yet she still bombed the Fall reading iready. I don't get it.

Is that the 65th percentile? I don't think that's "barely passing".

A student doesn't "pass" or "fail" the iReady screener, right?

Right, it means they are in the 65%ile which is above the national average.

Where I come from, "at or slightly above the national average" is basically failing.

Lol no it isn’t. Do you understand percentiles? She didn’t get “a 65%.” She scored better than 65% of test takers. Now you can say that’s not good and sign her up for tutoring or whatever. But the school is going to look at that result and say she’s doing fine and on grade level … which is 100% true.

65th percentile is “approaching expectations”, not meeting them. I have a kid with similar scores. They might have scored better than most American kids, but they are not where they should be.

Are these comments serious? I have to wonder if this is a troll post.

I think the expectations are for where they should be at the end of the year.

It is and it even says as much on the sheet the school sends home with the Iready scores.

Kids who score "approaching expectations" in the fall are like the perfect candidates for school--they are right near the mark or a touch ahead of where the teachers are teaching. They are more likely to be engaged and succeed than kids who are way above or below.

Yeah my DS sounds like the kid that is being discussed here. 1st grade beginning of the year last year he was approaching expectations for reading but already meeting expectations for the end of the school year for math. He’s in 2nd now, same story. On or a little above grade level in reading but still comfortably within the range for 2nd grade, and completely bored in math and needing more pull-outs than what the school can give him.