Lower acceptances are at lower performing schools or pyramids

my kids both got in first round with IReady scores of 99th in both subject areas during their second grade year.

Over the years one child has changed from 93rd to 99th, the other from 89th (extreme outlier) to 99th.

Their COGATs were strong but not insane, one had a 131 and the other a 136. Neither in pool. I think they look to see if the IReady confirms strong test scores elsewhere.

Thank you for this. Reading this forum, you'd think that everyone who gets into AAP has to have an iReady above 99%. My child was accepted with an iReady around 90% and I've heard of children getting accepted with lower iReady scores. I wonder whether the committee really looks at the iReady scores that closely.

It’s terrible with my ADHD and AUT kids. It yields poor results for them and is not representative of their potential or academic interest or capability.

my kid has been anywhere from the 60th percentile to well above the 99th percentile.

I don't love computer adaptive testing as it seems to lead to wide swings in scoring if you get one easy question or two wrong (not based on iready but my own personal experience with other types of computer adaptive tests)

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, I've found that the iReady test is great at catching students with problems or gaps (total or one score <60ish) - but not great at measuring abilities or potential. Anything over about a 75th percentile means that the student is pretty on track, and it really depends on the day. Especially when they are as little as 1st or 2nd grade.

This has been the general consensus from every teacher I've spoken to since FCPS started administering the test. I'm surprised they added it to the AAP application packet since it's not really showing anything at the above 75% level.

As a teacher, I've found that the iReady test is great at catching students with problems or gaps (total or one score <60ish) - but not great at measuring abilities or potential. Anything over about a 75th percentile means that the student is pretty on track, and it really depends on the day. Especially when they are as little as 1st or 2nd grade.