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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you need to prep, you shouldn't apply. Prepping is basically cheating. That spot should go to a kid with natural ability.[/quote]
Spots?  IAAT is used to determine readiness for Algebra.  There are no spots to take away from anyone else.

That being said, you shouldn't prep.  The bar for being permitted to take Algebra is generally pretty low [b](91st percentile in FCPS, which is around 43/60 correct)[/b].  The IAAT tests fairly basic pre-algebra concepts and should be a trivial test for kids who are good at math and will do well in Algebra.  If you have to prep to overcome this very very low bar, then Algebra is likely to be a nightmare.  The goal should be to be placed in the correct math level, which isn't necessarily the highest and fastest one.  [/quote]

What is your source for this claim (that the 91st percentile is 43/60)?

The [url=https://itp.education.uiowa.edu/iara/documents/IARAInterpretationGuide.pdf]University of Iowa's interpretation guide[/url] lists the 91% percentile as a SS of 170 (Table A2), and Table A1 shows that 50/60 corresponds to that SS. So the 91st percentile is 50 out of 60. [/quote]
That link is for IARA, not IAAT.  They’re different tests.  [/quote]

No, [url=https://belinblank.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/from-the-listserv-acceleration-into-algebra/]they're not[/url].

Also, thinking that 43/60 is the 91st percentile shows you lack mathematical sense.[/quote]

What are you even talking about?  The post stating that 43/60 is the 91st percentile is from over 3 years ago.  The PP is long gone.[/quote]

For what it's worth - my DD got a 95% and I requested a copy of the raw data from the school.  She got a 52/60.    [/quote]
... which is 100% consistent with tables A1/A2 in the [url=https://itp.education.uiowa.edu/iara/documents/IARAInterpretationGuide.pdf]IARA Interpretation Guide[/url].  IARA and IAAT are the same test and use the same conversion tables.[/quote]

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