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Anonymous wrote:I find Iready weird - my child is in the 90th percentile but i still got a note home that he was almost below grade level. I guess in certain areas he was lower, but still it seems weird that a 90th percentile score is cause for concern.

That is very strange.

No, I think this is actually pretty normal for iReady, which seems really aspirational. My kid is above the 99%ile cutoff but that places her only slightly ahead of grade level (late 1st vs mid 1st), which seems bizarre. For us, it’s annoying, because it allows the school to refuse any differentiation/pullouts — she’s close to on grade level — but she’s 20 points ahead of the next highest score in her class and 100 points ahead of almost 1/3rd of kids (no doubt in part due to covid learning loss, which we were privileged enough to be able to counter aggressively), so obviously while she only a bit ahead aspirationally, she’s way ahead of what they’re actually teaching.

Anonymous wrote:I find Iready weird - my child is in the 90th percentile but i still got a note home that he was almost below grade level. I guess in certain areas he was lower, but still it seems weird that a 90th percentile score is cause for concern.

That is very strange.

Anonymous wrote:I am curious what age your child is, OP? I ask because I am a first grade teacher and we really do not care about the iReady results and we are basically forced to have the kids take the test. We want to know how well they are learning what we are teaching them - which is what the Eureka work sheets would show. That being said I am also a parent of older kids (5th, 8th) and I know that for them iReady is a part of their regular curriculum and they use it for homework, and practice, and to reinforce the lessons.

Thanks for responding. He's in first grade!

To the other posters, he does also does Zear and some of the games on Clever. He really likes all the computer content, he just makes many more errors doing those than doing the practice sheets his teachers send (for extra practice).

Anonymous wrote:Eureka and i-Ready are not the same. If you want to have a perfect Eureka match, your child should do Zearn lessons, not i-Ready lessons.

+1 Zearn is what our school recommends to practice at home.

Anonymous wrote:I am curious what age your child is, OP? I ask because I am a first grade teacher and we really do not care about the iReady results and we are basically forced to have the kids take the test. We want to know how well they are learning what we are teaching them - which is what the Eureka work sheets would show. That being said I am also a parent of older kids (5th, 8th) and I know that for them iReady is a part of their regular curriculum and they use it for homework, and practice, and to reinforce the lessons.

Wow that is shocking, iReady is 100% of my math TAS score that I had no say in.

I find Iready weird - my child is in the 90th percentile but i still got a note home that he was almost below grade level. I guess in certain areas he was lower, but still it seems weird that a 90th percentile score is cause for concern.

Eureka and i-Ready are not the same. If you want to have a perfect Eureka match, your child should do Zearn lessons, not i-Ready lessons.

I am curious what age your child is, OP? I ask because I am a first grade teacher and we really do not care about the iReady results and we are basically forced to have the kids take the test. We want to know how well they are learning what we are teaching them - which is what the Eureka work sheets would show. That being said I am also a parent of older kids (5th, 8th) and I know that for them iReady is a part of their regular curriculum and they use it for homework, and practice, and to reinforce the lessons.

Has he tried doing the iReady work on scratch paper?

This is like saying someone does well handwriting responses on quizzes, but does poorly typing essays on a computer.

Unfortunately, tech is the present and future. He's going to have to learn to do well on both forms of assessments. The only way I can see this happening is giving him more screen time so he gets comfortable.

Anonymous wrote:What, specifically, is the problem? If your kid understands the concepts and does well in eureka and through in-class assessments, that seems fine. I-ready is just a tool teachers use to measure progress and offer extra support where needed - it shouldn’t affect your kid’s experience.

The assessments and much of the practice work in class are done on I Ready, so during PT conferences we hear where he needs to improve but we know from work sheets that are sent home and work we see him doing at home that in fact he has those concepts down pat. On the flip side, there are other skills where he struggles but it doesn't show up that well on I Ready

What, specifically, is the problem? If your kid understands the concepts and does well in eureka and through in-class assessments, that seems fine. I-ready is just a tool teachers use to measure progress and offer extra support where needed - it shouldn’t affect your kid’s experience.

My kid does great with a pen and paper (Eureka math work sheets, for example) but although he likes being on the computer, he makes many errors on iReady. Is there a way to address this with school? I don't love the idea of just having him spend more time on the screen (but I guess we'll do it if necessary :/). He seems to get more distracted that way.