3rd grade iready same for AAP and GenEd?

[Anonymous]

Child in 3rd grade said he has questions on Area and subtract fractions. He even asked me what is composite numbers! Is iready different for AAP? I thought AAP program is only slightly accelerated but everything DS said does not belong to what they study at school.

[Anonymous]

The iready test is adaptive. When your child answers a questions correctly the next question will get a little harder. If they get the question wrong the next question will be a little easier. This will continue until the test finds your childs level. Everyone's test should be different whether AAP or not.

[Anonymous]

Hi ok got it thanks

[Anonymous]

iready is also aligned to common core rather than virginia SOL. The grade level expectations don't align perfectly.

[Anonymous]

If Iready is a screener designed to screen kids for learning issues and AAP is a program designed for students who need advanced academic work. Why are AAP kids taking this test? They have already been screened and it has been decided that they can handle harder work.... Don't they take enough tests???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Iready is a screener designed to screen kids for learning issues and AAP is a program designed for students who need advanced academic work. Why are AAP kids taking this test? They have already been screened and it has been decided that they can handle harder work.... Don't they take enough tests???

Last year, my AAP kid was told that if she scored high enough, then she would only take it once instead of 3 times. I hope she is still able to only take it once this year too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Iready is a screener designed to screen kids for learning issues and AAP is a program designed for students who need advanced academic work. Why are AAP kids taking this test? They have already been screened and it has been decided that they can handle harder work.... Don't they take enough tests???

Last year, my AAP kid was told that if she scored high enough, then she would only take it once instead of 3 times. I hope she is still able to only take it once this year too.

Yes, in FCPS, in grades 3-6, everyone takes the fall screener. Assuming you pass above the 50th percentile, you don’t need to take it again. Kids below 50 take it again in winter and a 3rd time in spring if they are still below 50th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Iready is a screener designed to screen kids for learning issues and AAP is a program designed for students who need advanced academic work. Why are AAP kids taking this test? They have already been screened and it has been decided that they can handle harder work.... Don't they take enough tests???

Last year, my AAP kid was told that if she scored high enough, then she would only take it once instead of 3 times. I hope she is still able to only take it once this year too.

Yes, in FCPS, in grades 3-6, everyone takes the fall screener. Assuming you pass above the 50th percentile, you don’t need to take it again. Kids below 50 take it again in winter and a 3rd time in spring if they are still below 50th.

Is this a new rule for this year? My kid in AAP took it 3 times last year and always was above 50th percent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Is this a new rule for this year? My kid in AAP took it 3 times last year and always was above 50th percent.

It depends on the school. Some schools test everyone 3 times. Other schools only administer the 2nd and 3rd tests to kids below some threshold.

[Anonymous]

I thought iReady was meant to identify areas of weakness that a child needs to firm up. Why wouldn't that help an AAP kid? The kids in AAP might be ahead of their classmates in math but they still need to know the concepts that they are learning. iReady will point to deficits in their math skills at the level that an AAP kid is at.

[Anonymous]

Iready could be used in AAP to flag to the teacher the outliers who need more challenge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Iready could be used in AAP to flag to the teacher the outliers who need more challenge.

Teachers can figure that out without Iready.

[Anonymous]

Will they let parents know the iready scores or do they need to be requested?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will they let parents know the iready scores or do they need to be requested?

Last year, I asked at a parent teacher conference, and the teachers were like 'Oh yeah, did we get the results?'. But definitely request. I don't think they need to volunteer the information.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will they let parents know the iready scores or do they need to be requested?

Last year, I asked at a parent teacher conference, and the teachers were like 'Oh yeah, did we get the results?'. But definitely request. I don't think they need to volunteer the information.

Can schools refuse to give the results? I asked for the results last year, and the school said "no." Is that even legal under FERPA?