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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The math inventory has an algebra readiness score and can be given online. It could be used together with SOLs, etc to make a decision.[/quote]

Let the cheating commence [/quote]

so what? the only consequence is the kid would fail math in middle school. it won't bother anyone else. I don't feel safe sending my kid to school just for a test.[/quote]

Seriously? I'm sure you were squawking about needing to get your kid into AAP a few years ago because too much time was spend teaching to the bottom or middle. If you can't see how cheating on this test and a kid being placed in Algebra 1 honors as a 7th grader hurts the individual, the class, and the teacher, then I don't know what to tell you. If you don't feel safe sending your kid to school for just a test, don't.  Problem solved.[/quote]

Why does it hurt the class and the teacher? Teachers won't change the curriculum to accommodate the kids who are left behind. at least public school teachers don't really care. and the other students in the class could benefit from it as they may get curves on tests. How can I justify sending my kid to school for a test that can be done online when the national daily case number is 220K and close to 3000 deaths a day?? Maybe a better solution would be to get rid of this test and use teacher recommendations. Too many tests in fcps.[/quote]

You don’t get it. Teachers do slow the class down for those who drag the pace down. If the schools can do the sats at school in a successful way, not sure how the Iowa couldn’t be done safely.

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I agree. It is a really small subset of population taking it. Even if every kid sat in cafe spread out, it is doable. [/quote]

It’s computer based test. How to spread out? Is the school asked to move the computers to cafe? My 11th grade kid took psat (paper test) in person. He said there was no social distancing at all during 3+ hour test. Some schools care and some schools don’t.[/quote]

The IOWA is paper/pencil and only 6th grade Adv Math takes it. At my school that is 20 kids. It would be easy to spread out in cafe. [/quote]

They could do it in the gym.

They could have some in the cafeteria and some in the gym.

You could have some kids take it at 9 and some kids take it at 10.

Even at a center school where there are maybe 75 kids who would take it, this is doable. [/quote]

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