Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 15:03     Subject: IAAT
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My major issue is that my kid is NOT mathy and has ADHD, so I'm concerned that a fast-paced high school class is not a good fit for them. We will see what the SOL score comes out as, but I wasn't expecting a near perfect score on the IAAT.


Is your kid really bored in the 6th grade AAP math? Is your kid likely to want to take post-AP calc classes? If the answer to both of those is "Yes," then your kid should take Algebra next year. Otherwise, waiting until 8th is fine.


Whoaaaa Nelly.
You were fine with the point about 6th grade math.
Please let us take it one chunk at a time.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 11:51     Subject: IAAT
Anonymous wrote:
My major issue is that my kid is NOT mathy and has ADHD, so I'm concerned that a fast-paced high school class is not a good fit for them. We will see what the SOL score comes out as, but I wasn't expecting a near perfect score on the IAAT.


Is your kid really bored in the 6th grade AAP math? Is your kid likely to want to take post-AP calc classes? If the answer to both of those is "Yes," then your kid should take Algebra next year. Otherwise, waiting until 8th is fine.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 11:39     Subject: IAAT
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Anonymous wrote:I can understand looking forward to finding out about AAP but what difference does this test make? so what if your kid takes algebra in 8th grade?


It only matters if your kid wants to take algebra in 7th. Taking algebra in 8th is also fine.


Yep, and there are plenty of students who qualify for Alegbra I in 7th grade and still decide to tae Math 7th Honors. 7th grade and middle school can be hard enough without the added pressure of a high school class.


This is where we are. I see no reason to rush my kid into a high school class as a 12-year-old. I was actually kind of hoping that their score would be just below the cutoff so we wouldn't have to consider it.


I had a talk with my kid about it & we said it will move fast, etc. My kid likes math and wants to take Algebra in 7th so now I guess I don’t think with a 99 percentile on IATT I should micromanage that decision and say no, you can’t. I think rising 7th is old enough to pick classes yourself. If my kid didn’t want to do take Algebra til 8th, I would have respected that too.

That said - I also didn’t say anything like it’s a high school class so you really have to care about your grade. I guess I’m not worried about it & think kid will probably do fine. My kid just likes math - & doesn’t know or care about whether it’s a high school class or not.


My major issue is that my kid is NOT mathy and has ADHD, so I'm concerned that a fast-paced high school class is not a good fit for them. We will see what the SOL score comes out as, but I wasn't expecting a near perfect score on the IAAT.


I think that’s fair. I don’t think everyone who qualifies needs to take it - only those who legitimately enjoy a fast moving math class. I expect my younger child in AAP will NOT want to take algebra in 7th even if qualified.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 11:33     Subject: IAAT
My kid got a 65th percent. All 4s in math of course but their school has done the absolute bare minimum in every way since last spring.

As long as he can still be on the normal math path with algebra in 8th that's fine. No janky crap from VDOE.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 11:32     Subject: IAAT
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Anonymous wrote:I can understand looking forward to finding out about AAP but what difference does this test make? so what if your kid takes algebra in 8th grade?


It only matters if your kid wants to take algebra in 7th. Taking algebra in 8th is also fine.


Yep, and there are plenty of students who qualify for Alegbra I in 7th grade and still decide to tae Math 7th Honors. 7th grade and middle school can be hard enough without the added pressure of a high school class.


This is where we are. I see no reason to rush my kid into a high school class as a 12-year-old. I was actually kind of hoping that their score would be just below the cutoff so we wouldn't have to consider it.


I had a talk with my kid about it & we said it will move fast, etc. My kid likes math and wants to take Algebra in 7th so now I guess I don’t think with a 99 percentile on IATT I should micromanage that decision and say no, you can’t. I think rising 7th is old enough to pick classes yourself. If my kid didn’t want to do take Algebra til 8th, I would have respected that too.

That said - I also didn’t say anything like it’s a high school class so you really have to care about your grade. I guess I’m not worried about it & think kid will probably do fine. My kid just likes math - & doesn’t know or care about whether it’s a high school class or not.


My major issue is that my kid is NOT mathy and has ADHD, so I'm concerned that a fast-paced high school class is not a good fit for them. We will see what the SOL score comes out as, but I wasn't expecting a near perfect score on the IAAT.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 11:26     Subject: Re:IAAT
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Anonymous wrote:we were told early this year by the math teacher that either IAAT or SOL can be used for determining Algebra 1 Honors course placement. but the letter we received yesterday says SOL pass/advance score is still required. so do we have to take SOL?


As far as I know, yes. Though I don't know what accommodations they are making for kids opting out of SOL due to COVID concerns, etc.


Agree - we also got the same letter saying the IATT is one step and you still need pass advanced on the SOL. I was curious which is harder for most kids - over 91% on IATT or pass advance on the SOL.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 11:25     Subject: IAAT
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Anonymous wrote:I can understand looking forward to finding out about AAP but what difference does this test make? so what if your kid takes algebra in 8th grade?


It only matters if your kid wants to take algebra in 7th. Taking algebra in 8th is also fine.


Yep, and there are plenty of students who qualify for Alegbra I in 7th grade and still decide to tae Math 7th Honors. 7th grade and middle school can be hard enough without the added pressure of a high school class.


This is where we are. I see no reason to rush my kid into a high school class as a 12-year-old. I was actually kind of hoping that their score would be just below the cutoff so we wouldn't have to consider it.


I had a talk with my kid about it & we said it will move fast, etc. My kid likes math and wants to take Algebra in 7th so now I guess I don’t think with a 99 percentile on IATT I should micromanage that decision and say no, you can’t. I think rising 7th is old enough to pick classes yourself. If my kid didn’t want to do take Algebra til 8th, I would have respected that too.

That said - I also didn’t say anything like it’s a high school class so you really have to care about your grade. I guess I’m not worried about it & think kid will probably do fine. My kid just likes math - & doesn’t know or care about whether it’s a high school class or not.


I understand what you are saying, but both of you should care as its permanent grade on his transcript - unless you withdraw and expunge it. He should take it seriously, because what are you going to do if he gets a C. Are you going to let that stand on the transcript? If not, he will have to repeat the class in 8th grade which might hurt his self esteem more.


I know you meant this nicely but I worked as a college admissions counselor so I do appreciate what you are saying generally and I feel he will likely not get a C or have to repeat. I’m not mathy myself but my spouse is and can and will help if needed.

What a lot of people ask is - is it better to take an easier class for an A or a harder class for a B. It’s hard to say - there are plenty of people getting an A in the harder class. Do what you like, I say.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 11:20     Subject: Re:IAAT
Anonymous wrote:we were told early this year by the math teacher that either IAAT or SOL can be used for determining Algebra 1 Honors course placement. but the letter we received yesterday says SOL pass/advance score is still required. so do we have to take SOL?


As far as I know, yes. Though I don't know what accommodations they are making for kids opting out of SOL due to COVID concerns, etc.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 11:18     Subject: Re:IAAT
we were told early this year by the math teacher that either IAAT or SOL can be used for determining Algebra 1 Honors course placement. but the letter we received yesterday says SOL pass/advance score is still required. so do we have to take SOL?
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 10:43     Subject: IAAT
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:I can understand looking forward to finding out about AAP but what difference does this test make? so what if your kid takes algebra in 8th grade?


It only matters if your kid wants to take algebra in 7th. Taking algebra in 8th is also fine.


Yep, and there are plenty of students who qualify for Alegbra I in 7th grade and still decide to tae Math 7th Honors. 7th grade and middle school can be hard enough without the added pressure of a high school class.


This is where we are. I see no reason to rush my kid into a high school class as a 12-year-old. I was actually kind of hoping that their score would be just below the cutoff so we wouldn't have to consider it.


I had a talk with my kid about it & we said it will move fast, etc. My kid likes math and wants to take Algebra in 7th so now I guess I don’t think with a 99 percentile on IATT I should micromanage that decision and say no, you can’t. I think rising 7th is old enough to pick classes yourself. If my kid didn’t want to do take Algebra til 8th, I would have respected that too.

That said - I also didn’t say anything like it’s a high school class so you really have to care about your grade. I guess I’m not worried about it & think kid will probably do fine. My kid just likes math - & doesn’t know or care about whether it’s a high school class or not.


I understand what you are saying, but both of you should care as its permanent grade on his transcript - unless you withdraw and expunge it. He should take it seriously, because what are you going to do if he gets a C. Are you going to let that stand on the transcript? If not, he will have to repeat the class in 8th grade which might hurt his self esteem more.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 09:40     Subject: IAAT
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I can understand looking forward to finding out about AAP but what difference does this test make? so what if your kid takes algebra in 8th grade?


It only matters if your kid wants to take algebra in 7th. Taking algebra in 8th is also fine.


Yep, and there are plenty of students who qualify for Alegbra I in 7th grade and still decide to tae Math 7th Honors. 7th grade and middle school can be hard enough without the added pressure of a high school class.


This is where we are. I see no reason to rush my kid into a high school class as a 12-year-old. I was actually kind of hoping that their score would be just below the cutoff so we wouldn't have to consider it.


I had a talk with my kid about it & we said it will move fast, etc. My kid likes math and wants to take Algebra in 7th so now I guess I don’t think with a 99 percentile on IATT I should micromanage that decision and say no, you can’t. I think rising 7th is old enough to pick classes yourself. If my kid didn’t want to do take Algebra til 8th, I would have respected that too.

That said - I also didn’t say anything like it’s a high school class so you really have to care about your grade. I guess I’m not worried about it & think kid will probably do fine. My kid just likes math - & doesn’t know or care about whether it’s a high school class or not.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 09:32     Subject: IAAT
Some of the kids know in 6th grade they want to go into stem. So for them starting Algebra in 7th is important.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 09:22     Subject: IAAT
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:I can understand looking forward to finding out about AAP but what difference does this test make? so what if your kid takes algebra in 8th grade?


It only matters if your kid wants to take algebra in 7th. Taking algebra in 8th is also fine.


Yep, and there are plenty of students who qualify for Alegbra I in 7th grade and still decide to tae Math 7th Honors. 7th grade and middle school can be hard enough without the added pressure of a high school class.


This is where we are. I see no reason to rush my kid into a high school class as a 12-year-old. I was actually kind of hoping that their score would be just below the cutoff so we wouldn't have to consider it.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2021 08:14     Subject: IAAT
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I can understand looking forward to finding out about AAP but what difference does this test make? so what if your kid takes algebra in 8th grade?


It only matters if your kid wants to take algebra in 7th. Taking algebra in 8th is also fine.


Yep, and there are plenty of students who qualify for Alegbra I in 7th grade and still decide to tae Math 7th Honors. 7th grade and middle school can be hard enough without the added pressure of a high school class.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2021 18:36     Subject: IAAT
Anonymous wrote:I can understand looking forward to finding out about AAP but what difference does this test make? so what if your kid takes algebra in 8th grade?


It only matters if your kid wants to take algebra in 7th. Taking algebra in 8th is also fine.