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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a fourth grader

Reading: 1657 (14/17)
Math: 1578 (18/24)

Based on the chart he is good to go until 8th grade. Not sure really what to take away from all of this. 
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I thought the material was grade specific (except 3rd). [/quote]

I was joking about his being good until 8th grade but if you look at the scores, my 4th graders scores would put him in the proficient category for an 8th grader. I suspect that is not how we are suppose to read the graph but it makes me chuckle.

Looking at the PDF the other poster linked, the score tells me that he is ready to learn the material taught in 4th grade. But looking at the score would he be ready to learn 8th grade material because his 1578 is just under the score they list as ready for 8th grade. His i Ready scores are similar, he is in the 99th percentile and if you look at his score on the larger scale he is in the 90th percentile up into 8th grade. Don't get me wrong, I don't think he is ready for 8th grade academically. I don't. He is a smart kid but he is not ready to skip 4 grades, or even one grade. So I am not sure what to make of these scores. And the explanations they give don't help. The best I can do is that he learned the third grade material and is most likely going to be fine with the 4th grade material.

Looking at the specific scores break down I have no clue what to take from this. The test is adaptive so I don't know what to make of the fact that he got 4 out of 6 correct for number and number sense, 7 out of 7 for computation and estimation, 3 out of 6 for measurement and geometry and 4 out of 5 for probability, stats, patterns, functions, and Algebra. Or that he scored a perfect score on the nonfiction part of reading but missed 3 on the fictional text part. Is that a gap or was he asked harder questions in the areas that he had mistakes and so I should expect him to get them wrong? This is my issue with an adaptive test, the number of right or wrong answers tell me nothing and there really is no way to be able to compare them.

I am thankful that he has been exposed to the idea that it is ok to not know the correct answer because these tests sound awful for kids who think they should know the answers and then are tested on material that they have never seen before. So they are taking these things 3 times a year? Ugh
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