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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would anyone prep for iReady?[/quote]

I had never prepared DC for iready or any other test because it didn't make sense to get them prepared. On the first iready of last year, DC scored xxx with 95th percentile. On the second iready of last year, DC scored very close to xxx with 70th percentile. DC mentioned they were not taught a lot of things asked on the test in the class. That indicated that other kids in the class knew the concepts in advance. [b]With enrichment classes, none of these tests have remained equal for everyone. [/b]The least I can do this time is to make DC a little prepared with the type of questions. Not much time left anyway though before the first test of this year. [/quote]

Stop blaming "enrichment classes." Not every student who is accelerated has been taking outside classes to get ahead. A LOT of families are spending quality study time with their kids teaching them new things and reinforcing previously learned things.

For example, tons of kids learn decimal math at home before its taught in school because they see it in their day to day lives and ssk their parents what it means. Good parents take the time to teach them. Half the kids in my DC's class already could understand decimals before the teacher got around to it, and our school does not have a Kumon culture. If your kids are curious and ask you about things they havent yet learned in school, why wouldnt you explain it to them? You expect parents of curious kids to say "No Larla I can't teach you anything before your classmates learn it from the teacher because it will throw off the i-Ready percentiles."[/quote]

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