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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BEWARE: If your kid underperforms on I-ready like mine did, they will be tracked into 6th, 7th and 8th grade math, with Algebra 1 in 9th grade. That makes them ineligible to reach calculus by 12th grade (the bare minimum needed for top colleges). Most middle schools have all 8th graders in Algebra 1 as the norm. Deal is an outlier. 
Yes, I know it’s possible to skip ahead with Deal summer math but not everyone wants their kid to spend the summer doing math. 
My kid took 6th and 7th grade math at Deal. I moved them into private school in 8th where they were placed in Algebra 1. (No 8th grade math existed). Guess what? Kid is getting straight A’s in Algebra. I’m flabbergasted that they would have wasted a year in 8th grade math had they stayed at Deal - all because my kid underperforms on the terrible I-ready assessment. [/quote]
My kid missed the cutoff by one point.  They have a great teacher now, in 8th grade, but did not have a good 6th grade math experience at all, and definitely did not want to do summer math.  Both 7th and 8th grade math teachers recognized that they should have been accelerated, but the 6th grade experience gave them such a negative outlook on math that all attempts at enrichment were counterproductive. It's been maddening.  [/quote]

This sounds like a parenting problem more than it does an assessment problem.[/quote]

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