**IAAT Results- post here (2020)
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Anonymous
| For those who are so sensitive in the earlier post- please put scores (looks like %)- if want, add school. |
Anonymous
| 97% |
Anonymous
| 84% Yah! We didn't want Algebra next year so now it's not even a choice. |
Anonymous
| 99 percent - older sibling had 93 and was grumbling a bit though happy. So far so good- I hear the Sol is tougher.. |
Anonymous
| 97% |
Anonymous
| 99% |
Anonymous
| Looks like the top 2-3% in the country all live in NVA and are all posting here. |
Anonymous
| ^ literally 5 posts so far. But yes I would I expect an outsized chunk of top scorers to live here. |
Anonymous
Yes, there are lots of bright kids here but... I used to teach in Fcps. We used to say, “A small percentage of the population is highly gifted and they all live in Fairfax County.” Hint: we did not believe that they all lived in FX. |
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Anonymous
IAAT isn't an intelligence test, and we don't know anything about the norming group. It may include all 6th or 7th graders, including the ones who haven't yet been exposed to pre-algebra. Since it's measuring mastery of pre-algebra skills, it's not surprising that kids who are at least brighter than average and are currently taking pre-algebra would do well. Also, FCPS has many kids who are already taking algebra in some sort of outside math class by 6th. Those kids are likely to test as "ready for algebra" on IAAT. |
Anonymous
I tried to find info on the IAAT scoring, but they're very secretive. I don't think a 99th percentile score means that you're in the top 1% of all of the kids in the nation who took the exam this year. I think they used some sort of norming group, and all scores are compared against that group. Since many schools across the country are only testing their bright, mathematically advanced kids, way more than 1% of the test takers will score 99th percentile. |
Anonymous
You’re missing the translation: many, many parents of kids in this area think their kids are smarter than they are. |
Anonymous
| Doesn't it mean that a student received 99% correct, rather than being the top 1 percentile? |
Anonymous
I'm not missing the translation. I think the IAAT is a poor example. A 99th percentile score in IAAT doesn't mean the kid is gifted in math. It just means that the kid is prepared for Algebra next year. Since so many people are making sure that their kids are prepared for Algebra in 7th, it's hardly surprising that kids are testing in that range. I think a lot of parents are in denial about how much economic privilege, outside enrichment, and direct prepping can increase scores. |