IAAT format - computer-based or written?

[Anonymous]

Hello all,

We're interested in the medium through which the IAAT test is administered in FCPS. We know that there are 4 15-minute sections with a 10-minute limit for each section, but can't find any information about the way the test is administered.

Is the test administered via computer? If so, do students have a chance to review all answers for a section if they finish in less than 10 minutes? Or, is it instead the case that once an answer is submitted it can't be changed.

Thanks in advance for any insight that can be offered!

[Anonymous]

Why does it matter?

[Anonymous]

OP here. Some test-takers prefer to answer all questions relatively quickly, then go back and double-check them all if there's time. Some test-takers prefer to double-check each question as they go and then move on. Regardless of such a preference, all test-takers will benefit from knowing which of these options might be possible in order to develop the best test strategy.

Just as it's helpful to know the number of questions, number of sections, time limits, subject matter, and required score for what is being evaluated, it's helpful to know this information as well. More information is always better, no?

(I know there are strong opinions on both sides of the debate as to whether tests should be prepped for or strategized. Surely one can appreciate the viewpoint that, if a test is going to be administered and the results have consequences for test-takers, then there is something to be said for knowing what one is getting into.)

[Anonymous]

My kid says that the test was on paper.

[Anonymous]

I think the teachers will let the kids know which format their school will be using. I’d let the teachers take the lead on this one, since they’ll have the correct information for your child’s school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the teachers will let the kids know which format their school will be using. I’d let the teachers take the lead on this one, since they’ll have the correct information for your child’s school.

We were told last night it would be paper and pencil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the teachers will let the kids know which format their school will be using. I’d let the teachers take the lead on this one, since they’ll have the correct information for your child’s school.

We were told last night it would be paper and pencil.

So, there you go. You have your answer.

[Anonymous]

Scantron, fill-in-the-bubbles paper and pencil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does it matter?

Well some people wat to be ready for the test that impacts your future by a great amount and if you don't, that's you but that doesn't mean that others can't ask questions you don't care for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does it matter?

Well some people wat to be ready for the test that impacts your future by a great amount and if you don't, that's you but that doesn't mean that others can't ask questions you don't care for.

Agreed. I don't know what this particular test is, but as this thread is from 2019...it could well be on the computer by now. Everything else seems to be. Maybe get some update info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does it matter?

Well some people wat to be ready for the test that impacts your future by a great amount and if you don't, that's you but that doesn't mean that others can't ask questions you don't care for.

Agreed. I don't know what this particular test is, but as this thread is from 2019...it could well be on the computer by now. Everything else seems to be. Maybe get some update info.

It's still paper and pencil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does it matter?

You're in the AAP forum. Why do you think it matter?! Most folks in the area who ask about honors classes or AP classes or IAATs or COGATs or other such topics are usually interested because these parents aren't sitting on their a$$es waiting on the schools and teachers to do all the work. They are actively involved in their kids education and as such, they want to prepare their child and make them aware. It's the least they can do as parents because they come from a background where that is important to them.

So you can go troll in some other forum where that sort of trolling can feed your hunger. In this forum, you're just coming off as an idiot to even ask that question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does it matter?

You're in the AAP forum. Why do you think it matter?! Most folks in the area who ask about honors classes or AP classes or IAATs or COGATs or other such topics are usually interested because these parents aren't sitting on their a$$es waiting on the schools and teachers to do all the work. They are actively involved in their kids education and as such, they want to prepare their child and make them aware. It's the least they can do as parents because they come from a background where that is important to them.

So you can go troll in some other forum where that sort of trolling can feed your hunger. In this forum, you're just coming off as an idiot to even ask that question.

You are responding to a post from 2019.