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Anonymous wrote:Is the IAAT test offered to all students or AAP only? What is a raw score on average in the past that tends to put you over the 91 percentile? I understand that percentile depends on the difficulty of questions and the aptitude of the students appearing for a given year.

The IAAT is only given to six graders who are in AAP or level IV math. There are 60 questions, so a student would have to get at least 55 of them correct.

Nope, It's 91st percentile, not 91%. So a kid needs to do better than 91% of the kids taking the test. Is that nationally, in the county, in the school?

Nationally.

Interesting. I asked DC's 6th grade AAP teacher, and was told that she thought it was Fairfax County, but could be the state of Virginia. If nationally, that gives a huge edge to FCPS kids as they typically score higher than the national average on standardized tests.

It's an algebra readiness test for 8th graders taking pre-algebra. Algebra in 7th grade is ahead, anywhere and everywhere.

The test is administered in 6th grade for those taking 7th grade level math. One of the factors is scoring in the “91st percentile”; I was simply asking if that percentile was coiunty, state or national. I know taking algebra in 7th is “ahead”, which is why I asked for clarification on how that placement is assessed.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the IAAT test offered to all students or AAP only? What is a raw score on average in the past that tends to put you over the 91 percentile? I understand that percentile depends on the difficulty of questions and the aptitude of the students appearing for a given year.

The IAAT is only given to six graders who are in AAP or level IV math. There are 60 questions, so a student would have to get at least 55 of them correct.

Nope, It's 91st percentile, not 91%. So a kid needs to do better than 91% of the kids taking the test. Is that nationally, in the county, in the school?

Nationally.

Interesting. I asked DC's 6th grade AAP teacher, and was told that she thought it was Fairfax County, but could be the state of Virginia. If nationally, that gives a huge edge to FCPS kids as they typically score higher than the national average on standardized tests.

It's an algebra readiness test for 8th graders taking pre-algebra. Algebra in 7th grade is ahead, anywhere and everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the IAAT test offered to all students or AAP only? What is a raw score on average in the past that tends to put you over the 91 percentile? I understand that percentile depends on the difficulty of questions and the aptitude of the students appearing for a given year.

The IAAT is only given to six graders who are in AAP or level IV math. There are 60 questions, so a student would have to get at least 55 of them correct.

Nope, It's 91st percentile, not 91%. So a kid needs to do better than 91% of the kids taking the test. Is that nationally, in the county, in the school?

Nationally.

Interesting. I asked DC's 6th grade AAP teacher, and was told that she thought it was Fairfax County, but could be the state of Virginia. If nationally, that gives a huge edge to FCPS kids as they typically score higher than the national average on standardized tests.

Why is she so slow? That would be the question to ask yourself.

Your child's teacher is a moron. Think about it: Only the kids in AAP and Advanced math are even allowed to take the IAAT. That's maybe 30% of the FCPS 6th grade population. If you need to be in the 91st percentile of that group, that's equivalent to being in the top 2.7% of the entire FCPS 6th grade cohort. Or, to put it another way, assuming 14,000 6th graders in FCPS, only 378 would be allowed to take Algebra in 7th. This is very obviously not the case.

They also stretch the rules at some schools. Every middle school that lets 7th graders take algebra 1 needs enough 7th graders taking it to be able to offer geometry in 8th. Obviously this is irrelevant for middle schools that will have more than enough qualify, but it does come into play with some school.

DD goes to one of those middle schools that should have "more than enough qualify", but plenty of kids from her class that did not qualify either got in anyway, or did on appeal.

DD really wants to take algebra next year, but is a slow test taker. She's had perfect SOLs in math every year she's taken them. We've already told her that if she's too slow on the IAATs but gets her normal SOL score that we'll fight to get her in.

Why would you do that? Don't set her on a path to calculus in 11th grade if she's a "slow test taker".

She's a slow test taker who scores perfect or nearly perfect on every math test she has ever taken. I took algebra in 7th and thought it was of the easier math classes that I ever took

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Anonymous wrote:I spoke to a teacher who teaches Algebra i in middle school and she said only consider Algebra I in 7th IF your kid is interested in Math AND scores in the 95th percentile or higher on the IAAT. She said in her opinion 91th percentile is too low of a threshold. The class uses high school level books, moves fast, lots of homework, and will count on the high school transcript. Kids who are not ready will also struggle in Algebra II because the won't have the foundation.

MoCo was the same way when I was there, but they opened algebra to far more students. It's insane how much FCPS builds up algebra as a difficult class when it really isn't

Anonymous wrote:I spoke to a teacher who teaches Algebra i in middle school and she said only consider Algebra I in 7th IF your kid is interested in Math AND scores in the 95th percentile or higher on the IAAT. She said in her opinion 91th percentile is too low of a threshold. The class uses high school level books, moves fast, lots of homework, and will count on the high school transcript. Kids who are not ready will also struggle in Algebra II because the won't have the foundation.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the IAAT test offered to all students or AAP only? What is a raw score on average in the past that tends to put you over the 91 percentile? I understand that percentile depends on the difficulty of questions and the aptitude of the students appearing for a given year.

The IAAT is only given to six graders who are in AAP or level IV math. There are 60 questions, so a student would have to get at least 55 of them correct.

Nope, It's 91st percentile, not 91%. So a kid needs to do better than 91% of the kids taking the test. Is that nationally, in the county, in the school?

Nationally.

Interesting. I asked DC's 6th grade AAP teacher, and was told that she thought it was Fairfax County, but could be the state of Virginia. If nationally, that gives a huge edge to FCPS kids as they typically score higher than the national average on standardized tests.

Your child's teacher is a moron. Think about it: Only the kids in AAP and Advanced math are even allowed to take the IAAT. That's maybe 30% of the FCPS 6th grade population. If you need to be in the 91st percentile of that group, that's equivalent to being in the top 2.7% of the entire FCPS 6th grade cohort. Or, to put it another way, assuming 14,000 6th graders in FCPS, only 378 would be allowed to take Algebra in 7th. This is very obviously not the case.

They also stretch the rules at some schools. Every middle school that lets 7th graders take algebra 1 needs enough 7th graders taking it to be able to offer geometry in 8th. Obviously this is irrelevant for middle schools that will have more than enough qualify, but it does come into play with some school.

DD goes to one of those middle schools that should have "more than enough qualify", but plenty of kids from her class that did not qualify either got in anyway, or did on appeal.

DD really wants to take algebra next year, but is a slow test taker. She's had perfect SOLs in math every year she's taken them. We've already told her that if she's too slow on the IAATs but gets her normal SOL score that we'll fight to get her in.

Why would you do that? Don't set her on a path to calculus in 11th grade if she's a "slow test taker".

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Anonymous wrote:Is the IAAT test offered to all students or AAP only? What is a raw score on average in the past that tends to put you over the 91 percentile? I understand that percentile depends on the difficulty of questions and the aptitude of the students appearing for a given year.

The IAAT is only given to six graders who are in AAP or level IV math. There are 60 questions, so a student would have to get at least 55 of them correct.

Nope, It's 91st percentile, not 91%. So a kid needs to do better than 91% of the kids taking the test. Is that nationally, in the county, in the school?

Nationally.

Interesting. I asked DC's 6th grade AAP teacher, and was told that she thought it was Fairfax County, but could be the state of Virginia. If nationally, that gives a huge edge to FCPS kids as they typically score higher than the national average on standardized tests.

Your child's teacher is a moron. Think about it: Only the kids in AAP and Advanced math are even allowed to take the IAAT. That's maybe 30% of the FCPS 6th grade population. If you need to be in the 91st percentile of that group, that's equivalent to being in the top 2.7% of the entire FCPS 6th grade cohort. Or, to put it another way, assuming 14,000 6th graders in FCPS, only 378 would be allowed to take Algebra in 7th. This is very obviously not the case.

They also stretch the rules at some schools. Every middle school that lets 7th graders take algebra 1 needs enough 7th graders taking it to be able to offer geometry in 8th. Obviously this is irrelevant for middle schools that will have more than enough qualify, but it does come into play with some school.

DD goes to one of those middle schools that should have "more than enough qualify", but plenty of kids from her class that did not qualify either got in anyway, or did on appeal.

DD really wants to take algebra next year, but is a slow test taker. She's had perfect SOLs in math every year she's taken them. We've already told her that if she's too slow on the IAATs but gets her normal SOL score that we'll fight to get her in.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the IAAT test offered to all students or AAP only? What is a raw score on average in the past that tends to put you over the 91 percentile? I understand that percentile depends on the difficulty of questions and the aptitude of the students appearing for a given year.

The IAAT is only given to six graders who are in AAP or level IV math. There are 60 questions, so a student would have to get at least 55 of them correct.

Nope, It's 91st percentile, not 91%. So a kid needs to do better than 91% of the kids taking the test. Is that nationally, in the county, in the school?

Nationally.

Interesting. I asked DC's 6th grade AAP teacher, and was told that she thought it was Fairfax County, but could be the state of Virginia. If nationally, that gives a huge edge to FCPS kids as they typically score higher than the national average on standardized tests.

Your child's teacher is a moron. Think about it: Only the kids in AAP and Advanced math are even allowed to take the IAAT. That's maybe 30% of the FCPS 6th grade population. If you need to be in the 91st percentile of that group, that's equivalent to being in the top 2.7% of the entire FCPS 6th grade cohort. Or, to put it another way, assuming 14,000 6th graders in FCPS, only 378 would be allowed to take Algebra in 7th. This is very obviously not the case.

They also stretch the rules at some schools. Every middle school that lets 7th graders take algebra 1 needs enough 7th graders taking it to be able to offer geometry in 8th. Obviously this is irrelevant for middle schools that will have more than enough qualify, but it does come into play with some school.

DD goes to one of those middle schools that should have "more than enough qualify", but plenty of kids from her class that did not qualify either got in anyway, or did on appeal.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the IAAT test offered to all students or AAP only? What is a raw score on average in the past that tends to put you over the 91 percentile? I understand that percentile depends on the difficulty of questions and the aptitude of the students appearing for a given year.

The IAAT is only given to six graders who are in AAP or level IV math. There are 60 questions, so a student would have to get at least 55 of them correct.

Nope, It's 91st percentile, not 91%. So a kid needs to do better than 91% of the kids taking the test. Is that nationally, in the county, in the school?

Nationally.

Interesting. I asked DC's 6th grade AAP teacher, and was told that she thought it was Fairfax County, but could be the state of Virginia. If nationally, that gives a huge edge to FCPS kids as they typically score higher than the national average on standardized tests.

Your child's teacher is a moron. Think about it: Only the kids in AAP and Advanced math are even allowed to take the IAAT. That's maybe 30% of the FCPS 6th grade population. If you need to be in the 91st percentile of that group, that's equivalent to being in the top 2.7% of the entire FCPS 6th grade cohort. Or, to put it another way, assuming 14,000 6th graders in FCPS, only 378 would be allowed to take Algebra in 7th. This is very obviously not the case.

They also stretch the rules at some schools. Every middle school that lets 7th graders take algebra 1 needs enough 7th graders taking it to be able to offer geometry in 8th. Obviously this is irrelevant for middle schools that will have more than enough qualify, but it does come into play with some school.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the IAAT test offered to all students or AAP only? What is a raw score on average in the past that tends to put you over the 91 percentile? I understand that percentile depends on the difficulty of questions and the aptitude of the students appearing for a given year.

The IAAT is only given to six graders who are in AAP or level IV math. There are 60 questions, so a student would have to get at least 55 of them correct.

Nope, It's 91st percentile, not 91%. So a kid needs to do better than 91% of the kids taking the test. Is that nationally, in the county, in the school?

Nationally.

Interesting. I asked DC's 6th grade AAP teacher, and was told that she thought it was Fairfax County, but could be the state of Virginia. If nationally, that gives a huge edge to FCPS kids as they typically score higher than the national average on standardized tests.

Your child's teacher is a moron. Think about it: Only the kids in AAP and Advanced math are even allowed to take the IAAT. That's maybe 30% of the FCPS 6th grade population. If you need to be in the 91st percentile of that group, that's equivalent to being in the top 2.7% of the entire FCPS 6th grade cohort. Or, to put it another way, assuming 14,000 6th graders in FCPS, only 378 would be allowed to take Algebra in 7th. This is very obviously not the case.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the IAAT test offered to all students or AAP only? What is a raw score on average in the past that tends to put you over the 91 percentile? I understand that percentile depends on the difficulty of questions and the aptitude of the students appearing for a given year.

The IAAT is only given to six graders who are in AAP or level IV math. There are 60 questions, so a student would have to get at least 55 of them correct.

Nope, It's 91st percentile, not 91%. So a kid needs to do better than 91% of the kids taking the test. Is that nationally, in the county, in the school?

Nationally.

Interesting. I asked DC's 6th grade AAP teacher, and was told that she thought it was Fairfax County, but could be the state of Virginia. If nationally, that gives a huge edge to FCPS kids as they typically score higher than the national average on standardized tests.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the IAAT test offered to all students or AAP only? What is a raw score on average in the past that tends to put you over the 91 percentile? I understand that percentile depends on the difficulty of questions and the aptitude of the students appearing for a given year.

The IAAT is only given to six graders who are in AAP or level IV math. There are 60 questions, so a student would have to get at least 55 of them correct.

Nope, It's 91st percentile, not 91%. So a kid needs to do better than 91% of the kids taking the test. Is that nationally, in the county, in the school?

Nationally.

Interesting. I asked DC's 6th grade AAP teacher, and was told that she thought it was Fairfax County, but could be the state of Virginia. If nationally, that gives a huge edge to FCPS kids as they typically score higher than the national average on standardized tests.