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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, since the IAAT is a percentile score, it means only 9% of all FCPS kids will be eligible based on IAAT.   Now, taking those 9%, not everyone will score a pass advanced on the SOL.  This means less than 9% of all FCPS students will qualify for Algebra 1 honors in 7th grade (strictly on scores).
Looking at the class sizes for algebra 1 in 7th grade, it appears to be more than 10% of FCPS kids who actually end up taking it.  So it looks like the schools don't strictly follow the criteria.[/quote]

[/b]THe IAAT is a percentile based on the national average, not Fairfax's average.  Historically, historically students in Fairfax County do better than the national average, so more than 9% qualify.[b][/quote]

Well, from what you're saying, if it's a percentile based on National average, then it should be 9% of the entire nation that become eligible based on the IAAT.  This means the 9% is spread across many school districts in the nation and FCPS should have an even smaller piece of the 9% pie (not more).[/quote]

What?!?

I am the PP to whom you are replying.

I will give the stat for the CogAt, when my children took them.  In the past, FCPS tried to set the CogAt cutoff at [/b]10%[b] of the FAIRFAX population.  The years my children took them, the cut off was a 131 and a 133.  NATIONALLY, the 131 and 133 in those years, was at the 98th percentile.  So, [b]10%[/b] of FAIRFAX students scored in the top [/b]2%[b] in the NATION.

If we extrapolate from that, it is not difficult to believe that [/b]15-20%[b] of FAIRFAX students would score in the top [/b]9%[b] in the NATION for Algebra readiness.[/quote]

I must have misses a bold icon.  Sorry, my typing skills stink.[/quote]

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