I haven't seen scores that were 40 points higher than the 99th percentile when looking at the beginning of the year, mid year and end of year assessments.

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Anonymous wrote:my kids are in AAP and have tanked the i-ready for years. It's a seriously flawed test considering that they hit perfect SOL scores and my oldest got a perfect algebra readiness test.

Same here. They tanked the fall test, and their teacher started asking questions. They had not been in the classroom long enough for the teacher to know their abilities. I told my kid not to do it again.

I remember story of student who raced through iready (failing it) b/c had heard teacher say when done they would have recess so student wanted to get done quickly.

Anonymous wrote:My kids told me that they get the exact same reading passages and questions every single year. They are in 7th so as far back as they remember- 3rd or 4th- they have been reading and answering the exact same passages. They said the kids all talk about it and laugh. It is not a useful tool.

have heard the same from my kids. Its garbage. They don't use the results for anything, the teachers say its crap, why waste everyone's time THREE TIMES A YEAR?

They keep changing the requirements for advanced math so you should ask your AART. It depends on the grade level as well.

93rd percentile in iready math seems perfectly fine for advanced math placement. Usually, the schools use some combination of CogAT Q, beginning of year tests, end of previous year tests, iready, and teacher recommendation. If your child is not in advanced math, but otherwise has 90th percentile+ scores in these, you should ask the school for advanced math placement.

It's likely that the school has not yet finalized placement for advanced math, since they're going to want some beginning of year testing.

Anonymous wrote:my kids are in AAP and have tanked the i-ready for years. It's a seriously flawed test considering that they hit perfect SOL scores and my oldest got a perfect algebra readiness test.

Same here. They tanked the fall test, and their teacher started asking questions. They had not been in the classroom long enough for the teacher to know their abilities. I told my kid not to do it again.

My kids told me that they get the exact same reading passages and questions every single year. They are in 7th so as far back as they remember- 3rd or 4th- they have been reading and answering the exact same passages. They said the kids all talk about it and laugh. It is not a useful tool.

Anonymous wrote:I'm trying to see if my child might be placed in a better class. He scored at 93% in I Ready math and 91% in IReady reading on the last report. According to his teacher some students score 30 to 40 POINTS above the 99th percentile. Since these scores are way above the 99th percentile. am I being told the truth? I guess if there dozens of little geniuses at the school, he's just looked at as average.

93% is excellent but I fully believe that there are kids who score higher then he does. The iReady is not an IQ test, my kid is smart and loves math but he is not a genius or a prodigy or needing to be super accelerated. He enjoys math and asked for enrichment and to do math competitions. So yes, his iReady score is a lot higher then your kids was. He has always scored in the 99th percentile for math.

Anonymous wrote:A 524 in math in the 6th grade is the 99th percentile. I doubt kids are scoring 564 in 5th grade.

A 540 in math in the 6th grade is the 99th percentile. I doubt kids are scoring 580 in 6th grade.

Or 572 is in the 99th percentile, or a 612 in 8th grade.

I'm not sure where your teacher gets that information...

I checked my kids 5th grade spring iReady. He scored 581 on the math.

my kids are in AAP and have tanked the i-ready for years. It's a seriously flawed test considering that they hit perfect SOL scores and my oldest got a perfect algebra readiness test.

Anonymous wrote:A 524 in math in the 6th grade is the 99th percentile. I doubt kids are scoring 564 in 5th grade.

A 540 in math in the 6th grade is the 99th percentile. I doubt kids are scoring 580 in 6th grade.

Or 572 is in the 99th percentile, or a 612 in 8th grade.

I'm not sure where your teacher gets that information...

Probably from the score sheets that you don’t have access to? What makes you think you know what kids are scoring???

"A better class"? Do you mean the advanced math group?

A 524 in math in the 6th grade is the 99th percentile. I doubt kids are scoring 564 in 5th grade.

A 540 in math in the 6th grade is the 99th percentile. I doubt kids are scoring 580 in 6th grade.

Or 572 is in the 99th percentile, or a 612 in 8th grade.

I'm not sure where your teacher gets that information...

Yes - 91 and 93 are not particularly strong or impressive scores for this area, he’s likely not in the top half of his class

I'm trying to see if my child might be placed in a better class. He scored at 93% in I Ready math and 91% in IReady reading on the last report. According to his teacher some students score 30 to 40 POINTS above the 99th percentile. Since these scores are way above the 99th percentile. am I being told the truth? I guess if there dozens of little geniuses at the school, he's just looked at as average.