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Is the test meant to be taken without prepping?  I mean, it's testing knowledge, not ability, so shouldn't the kids be taught the material that they're going to be tested on?  I can't imagine sending DD into a timed test with no preparation.  Once she finds out that she has 40 seconds or whatever per question at the test, it would be over.[/quote]

This is one of the sources of inequity, though.  FCPS tells people not to prep at all.  Some demographics follow their directions and send their kids in blind to the test.  Others range from doing a sample test through full blown prep classes.  Knowing the format of the test is a huge advantage, especially considering how strictly timed the test is.  Most kids who go in blindly would have no chance at all of meeting the IAAT benchmark, since they would run out of time before finishing enough problems.

The best and most equitable way for FCPS to approach this is to have every 6th grade AAP or advanced math class run through one practice test in class.  Then, everyone would at least be familiar with the format and time constraints.[/quote]

I'm the OP who (dared) to look at one sample test on Youtube the night before because, despite what the school advised, it seemed really ridiculous that the kids didn't even know the format as it was not discussed. I actually thought after we had done one practice section (10 min 15 question) I had committed parental malpractice but doing this the day before and just giving simple tips was all I had left and could do. I know DC's school/math teacher didn't explain anything about IAATs. Maybe that's their way of leveling the playing field. If a very abbreviated explanation of test tips, such as focus on the questions you can do and go back to the ones you can't do, on the day before is the equivalent of what some parents here label as perpetuating some sort of societal inequity then ok, brand me as yet another force of adding to the unjust imbalance. But frankly I think that's slightly ridiculous and the same voices that will brand anything other than blindly going into a standardized test as akin to cheating are truly naive. They probably have kids who play some sort of organized sport and it would be as dumb as me advising them not to send their kids to practice and just "play the game." I agree with the suggestion overall that perhaps if all FCPS Level IV AAP math students are eligible to sit for the IAAT, the school should commit one class or a set amount of time to explain the test format and even do one section. And if doing one sample test off of Youtube (which I thought was utterly pathetic sitting there looking at a screen to simulate a test) is prep, it paid off with a 99% percentile score.  [/quote]

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