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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does the author have a hard time with the dog and cat questions? The two numbers given are 7 and 11 and the picture only shows cats and dogs, so obviously it is a subtraction problem of 11-7=4. I remember getting questions like this growing up.[/quote]

No, that's a terrible question.  Any of the equations are the right answer, the way that math is taught now.[/quote]

No, only 1 answers the question how many are dogs. [/quote]

No, the first 3 equations could all lead a child to answer correctly that there are 4. You’re not thinking flexibly if you can only see one way to get to the right answer.

If I asked you “What is 1000-997?” would you really take the time to set up a subtraction problem? No. In your head you’d say, “998,999, 1000. Three.” The mental equation would be 997 + 3 = 1000. You would have used adding up to solve that subtraction problem. Kids who can do this are flexible in their thinking. That’s what we want them to be.

The issue the author has is that the iReady assessment offers no clue into how the child is thinking about a problem. [/quote]

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