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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. With enrichment classes, none of these tests have remained equal for everyone. 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]

iReady is an adaptive test that tests on a range of material including some that is well above grade level.  As a PP said, it is nationally normed.  A drop from 95th to 70th percentile is huge, especially if the 2nd test is over the winter and not the spring (some schools test only twice not thrice a year).  At 95th percentile, your DC knew some of the above-grade material.  At 70th percentile, your DC, I'd guess, knew significantly less of the above-grade material and their mastery of at-grade material has gone down.  Were you given the long or short form of the iReady results?  I would request and study the long form thoroughly to see what's up.  I'm not a big fan of testing, but it was helpful and reinforced what I suspected was going on with our DD's math progress - she went from high 90s percentile (fall) to 81st percentile (spring, no winter test).  We had just moved and I was not feeling good about how she was learning math.  I started working with her in math outside of school and her percentiles are back up to the high 90s again, but more importantly, I can tell she has a much better grasp of the concepts.[/quote]

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