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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On my DS's AAP package, they only have second grade fall's iready.  Make sure she scores above 90% to be safe.  87% is on the border and the students are only compared against those from the same school, so if her school is high SES school 87% won't get her in.

I suggest do some enrichment over the summer to make sure she's ready for second grade. [/quote]

We started doing some math problems with her. Our school is a no homework school and math seems to be done online in the form of math games. From what I can see, they do addition and subtraction but iready also tests on math they have never been exposed to.[/quote]

I don't know what iready tests that you think your daughter is not exposed to.  My DS tests 97%-99% since 1st grade so I am not paying attention to his math.  I just pay for kumon and make sure he does 5 sheets (10 pages) of practice every day.  Trust me the whining is epic but it's worth it. [/quote]

I think OP means that the math on iReady is stuff her daughter hasn't done in class.

OP this is by design. iReady will (within 2 grades) make the test harder until your kid stops getting questions right. If they get everything right the test stops at 2 grades above grade level.[/quote]

PP here, that makes sense.  The other day I was looking at iReady score to percentile mapping chart, and notice that the raw score just keeps going up, but same raw score would map to different percentile at different grade.  For example, a 540 at 1st grade is 99% but at 2nd grade would be 85% (just for demonstration purpose, number is not actual)  So I do think the iready test is by design goes beyond the grade level, and that would test those kids at grade and above grade.

That unfortunately means preps or learning ahead does help iready score.   [/quote]

I’m looking at the iready letter and we don’t get raw scores. This test is from winter. I know first graders are taking iready this month. My daughter did not do well in the algebra and geometry portions of iready. I’m not sure what kind of algebra and geometry a 6 year old is supposed to be doing.

This makes me want to just send my kid to private school. I want my kid to learn at school. I don’t want to send my kid to math class over the summer to test into AAP.[/quote]

I think you're misunderstanding the situation.  iready is nationally normed, and kids doing supplemental math are barely a dent in the norming process.  Kids who only have been taught the grade level materials but are very bright at math can get 99th percentile scores without outside supplementation.  Math enrichment might help a kid who is not strong in math be ready for AAP math.  It is not necessary for kids who are strong in math to do outside enrichment to be able to qualify for AAP.

They are going to look holistically at all of the scores and packet materials.  If the broader picture, based on NNAT, CogAT, iready, HOPE, work samples, and the parent questionnaire, shows a kid who is too weak at math for AAP, the kid won't get in.  If the broader picture is that the kid is good enough at math to handle AAP, then a low score in any of the sections won't make or break the kid.  [/quote]

A pp just said the iready tests up to two grade levels above in math. You are saying you can test 99th percentile with just what you learn in school.

My child does not get much math instruction at all. There is way too much online learning. When I ask my daughter what she does during math, she says that they sort and play math games online. The teacher is not teaching them algebra and geometry. [/quote]

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