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Eh- not necessarily. There is a huge difference in teachers. My niece also got a 99% and 600 on the Sol. Her teacher was very strict. She felt it was a high school class and appropriately treated it that way. My kid took it at the same time but at a different school. One teacher gave weekly quizzes, grades homework, had lots of questions on tests, frequent tests, gave partial credit, had extra credit chances, etc. One did not.  One gave tests where the hugest grades were in the low 80s. One did not. If my kid took a test and had 30 questions in it and missed 2, she still did ok but if my niece missed 2 questions and there were 10 on the test, she didn’t do well. There were many kids who did very well on the Amc testing and in MathCounts and still struggled with this algebra teacher. The one good thing is that she’s gone from Fcps now! [/quote]

That's kind of the point.  Can you imagine how difficult or impossible this Algebra class would have been for a child who isn't great at math and didn't make the 91% benchmark?  For kids like your niece and PP's kid with the 99% scores, Algebra can range from easy to challenging, based on the teacher.  For a kid with scores below 91%, the same classes would range from challenging to impossible.  [/quote]

No, it isn’t the point. The fact that one kid sails through it and one kid struggles could be related to the teacher and teaching style. It could have zero to do with the iaat.  Our friend’s kid who is at tj now, struggled in her middle school algebra 1 honors class, again due to the teacher. The kid said she hasn’t had a teacher be so stingy with grading. Meanwhile, other teachers are different.

Morals: 
just bc you do well on the iaat and sol doesn’t mean you will not struggle in algebra 1 honors in 7th. 
Just bc you don’t score a 91 on the iaat and/or get a pass advanced on the Sol doesn’t mean you will struggle in algebra 1 honors in 7th.

A lot goes into it - and the particular teacher is a HUGE factor.

Here’s a similar example: one middle school Honors teacher (not math) allows all quizzes to be open note. All multiple choice. The other is closed book and essay, full in the blank, etc type questions. Same school. “Same” class.

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