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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS has adopted ireadyd as the permanent replacement for DRA and MRA?

[b]I'm very concerned that these tests may not reflect accurately where a child is truly at in math and reading.
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Why do you think so?Have you seen the result analysis and area tested? Test is design to address all type of kids to get true assessment which  MRA/DRA can not do. they only flaw I can think of is it can test only one grade advanced which I think FCPS wants it that way, otherwise we will have sleuth of parents asking for grade skipping!![/quote]

One of my kid's tests came back at 3 years above grade level....[/quote]

Mine had a score that was 4+ years above grade level, but apparently the content of the test questions is capped at one grade above grade level.  A 2nd grader with a score well above grade level just means that the 2nd grader has complete and utter mastery of 2nd and 3rd grade level materials, but it doesn't speak to how well that kid would handle 4th+ grade level materials.  [/quote]

Ok...re-read your statement. How can your child have a score that is 4+ years above grade level by the content of the test is capped at one grade above grade level????

Just taking this statement as written, one could believe that your 2nd grade (if this is the correct grade) had a test score that stated he/she were testing at a 6th grade (or higher) level, but then you state that the test only allows them to test up to a 3rd grade.

And wouldn't if a child is testing in a range mean that they can handle that grade level material (especially if this is math, reading is a bit of a different issue)? It is the rare child (and I mean very, very rare) who is in second grade and is testing mathematically at 4 grades above with little to no extra support.

It was as bad as that math program that they had the children do last year Dreambox, where simply because the children were able to race through the material because of the way it was presented meant that they were mastering the material equivalent. 
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