How long is an IREADY test supposed to take?

[Anonymous]

My daughter claims she spent close to 2 hours and she is not done? She said a lot of kids still aren't done? Why? How is this developmentally appropriate?

[Anonymous]

I don't know how long it is "supposed" to take, but may of my third graders finish in the 1.5 to 2 hour range. A handful (maybe 6 or 7 out of 25) continue another day. Sometimes it will take 3 or 4 sittings because we try to fit it in here and there.

[Anonymous]

Not much in public education these days is developmentally appropriate.


- a public school teacher

[Anonymous]

Is this for math?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know how long it is "supposed" to take, but may of my third graders finish in the 1.5 to 2 hour range. A handful (maybe 6 or 7 out of 25) continue another day. Sometimes it will take 3 or 4 sittings because we try to fit it in here and there.

That is awful.Not criticizing you of course, but the test. Why should a 3rd grader take a test that takes that long?

[Anonymous]

It depends on the kid and how they answer. The test calibrates based on responses so some kids finish sooner than others.

[Anonymous]

It took my DC three days to max out the test. DC kept getting the right answers so the test kept going until DC didn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know how long it is "supposed" to take, but may of my third graders finish in the 1.5 to 2 hour range. A handful (maybe 6 or 7 out of 25) continue another day. Sometimes it will take 3 or 4 sittings because we try to fit it in here and there.

That is awful.Not criticizing you of course, but the test. Why should a 3rd grader take a test that takes that long?

In addition to reasons others have posted some students daydream, distract themselves or get distracted by others.

[Anonymous]

There should be a time limit. This is ridiculous. Same with MAP testing. If kids need more than an hour they don’t know the material.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There should be a time limit. This is ridiculous. Same with MAP testing. If kids need more than an hour they don’t know the material.

Iready has minigames built in. It's not designed to be completed in an hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There should be a time limit. This is ridiculous. Same with MAP testing. If kids need more than an hour they don’t know the material.

That's not how the test works. The kids with the most mastery might take the longest. My DS discovered that if he wanted it to be over quickly, he just kept clicking the wrong answers. The teacher didn't let him get away with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There should be a time limit. This is ridiculous. Same with MAP testing. If kids need more than an hour they don’t know the material.

It sounds like the system is calibrated so that the kids who have more mastery of the material take longer. The idea is that the test keeps asking questions until the child gets enough answers wrong. It helps teachers know where individual children are in their education so that each child receives an appropriately challenging education. The kids who are taking multiple hours to finish are the kids who are more advanced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There should be a time limit. This is ridiculous. Same with MAP testing. If kids need more than an hour they don’t know the material.

It sounds like the system is calibrated so that the kids who have more mastery of the material take longer. The idea is that the test keeps asking questions until the child gets enough answers wrong. It helps teachers know where individual children are in their education so that each child receives an appropriately challenging education. The kids who are taking multiple hours to finish are the kids who are more advanced.

Even if that were true, the 1st grader who takes 20 min to answer a 3rd grade reading passage is probably not actually reading at a 3rd grade level. Or a 3rd grader who takes 10 min to add 2 fractions isn’t performing at a 5th grade level. I’m not saying we need to have “ACT level time stress” on kids. But let’s be realistic. Taking 3 days from instruction for a test isn’t very smart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There should be a time limit. This is ridiculous. Same with MAP testing. If kids need more than an hour they don’t know the material.

It sounds like the system is calibrated so that the kids who have more mastery of the material take longer. The idea is that the test keeps asking questions until the child gets enough answers wrong. It helps teachers know where individual children are in their education so that each child receives an appropriately challenging education. The kids who are taking multiple hours to finish are the kids who are more advanced.

Even if that were true, the 1st grader who takes 20 min to answer a 3rd grade reading passage is probably not actually reading at a 3rd grade level. Or a 3rd grader who takes 10 min to add 2 fractions isn’t performing at a 5th grade level. I’m not saying we need to have “ACT level time stress” on kids. But let’s be realistic. Taking 3 days from instruction for a test isn’t very smart.

It's not 3 whole days. It's an hour each day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There should be a time limit. This is ridiculous. Same with MAP testing. If kids need more than an hour they don’t know the material.

That's not how the test works. The kids with the most mastery might take the longest. My DS discovered that if he wanted it to be over quickly, he just kept clicking the wrong answers. The teacher didn't let him get away with that.

My DS always wanted to finish so he could play computer games when he was done. These tests are a joke.