Is it possible to get 100 percentile???

Anonymous wrote:The Presentation linked above has the following data:

•How many students took the Iowa (IAAT) during the 2011-2012 school year?
In 2011-2012, 4890 students took the IAAT.
•How many students made the cut off score?
There are two assessments used for entry into Algebra 1: Iowa (91% or higher) and the 7th Grade SOL (pass advanced score).
•The cut-off score for the Iowa is 91% and a total of 1876 students scored at 91% or higher.
•A total of 2,110 students passed advanced on the 7th grade SOL.
•A total of 1,298 students qualified based on the two testing criteria.

That's actually a significantly lower correlation between the two assessments than I would have guessed -- only about 70 percent of those who passed based on the IAAT also made the SOL cutoff. So don't count your chickens yet.
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(FYI, we just got our letter today from Glasgow, so don't freak out if you haven't gotten your scores.)

This is interesting, even if it is from 2013. You certainly hear people say that the IIAT is the tough part. DD hit then 96th percentile, which is a solid score. Then again, she is under a 504 for low processing speed with ADHD, and got time and a half, although she says she only used a couple extra minutes on one section. But she has always score a high pass on her math SOLs (like 480-490), and never hit pass advanced. So, I am skeptical about whether she can pass advanced this year. But, this is the first year her 504 has been in effect, so she will get small group, minimal distraction testing. So we'll see.

Her brother was a 99th percentile and a strong pass advanced and went through Algebra I honors in 7th, and it may not have been the best move. He is ADHD too, and the executive functioning challenges of middle school threw him for a loop for a while. He pulled out an A-, with a perfect score on the final exam and a pass advanced on the SOL. But for the first half of the year, , he was struggling along with low Bs. In retrospect, he had the ability to do the work and understand the concepts, but having a high school credit class in 7th grade, which was going on his HS transcript was a lot of extra pressure.

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Anonymous wrote:That's actually a significantly lower correlation between the two assessments than I would have guessed -- only about 70 percent of those who passed based on the IAAT also made the SOL cutoff. So don't count your chickens yet.

I am only guessing, but I think that a higher score on the IAAT likely correlates with a higher score on the SOL.

So those with scores at 91 or 92 may be less likely to score Pass Advanced on the SOL, vs. those with scores of 98 or 99 on the IAAT who may be more likely to score Pass Advanced.

My dc had a 95% on the IAAT, 570 on the SOL, and all A's in 6th grade AAP math, and is struggling to keep a B in Algebra.

I wonder if it would be different if Algebra, as opposed to only Algebra Honors was an option. It is truly a HS level class. Homework is not graded and does not count, there is a new topic every day, a quiz every day, and tests with very few questions so that missing even one really brings the grade down. Not showing the work exactly how the teacher wants it shown can take 50% off each question, regardless of a correct answer.

In retrospect, i wish we had stuck with Math 7 honors.

This is not true. Homework has counted in every HS credit math class my children have taken all the way up to BC Calc- regardless if it was taken in MS or HS. From Precalc on, some teachers have homework count as an option, you get credit for what you have done but do not get dinged if you do not do it.

Got IAAT Test results today. Score is 99 percentile.

Anonymous wrote:Can you get IAAT test results early???

no

Can you get IAAT test results early???

Anonymous wrote:So when do the results come in and how? By mail?

March/April 2016 and by mail

So when do the results come in and how? By mail?

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Anonymous wrote:Got ours in the mail today. School is Westgate.

PP, when did your child take the test?

The post to which you are responding is dated 3/27/2013. The poster's child should be a HS freshman by now.

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Anonymous wrote:Got ours in the mail today. School is Westgate.

PP, when did your child take the test?

January, 2013

Anonymous wrote:Got ours in the mail today. School is Westgate.

PP, when did your child take the test?

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Anonymous wrote:OK. Straight "A" 6th grade student. Advanced mathematics since 3rd grade. Not AAP. School did no "10 minute" practice test for IAAT. DC taken off guard by quick time passage and didn't finish half of 1st section. DC is very disappointed because she/he new the material. Does anyone know if there is subjectivity with Algebra 1 placement if there is a high score on 7th grade SOL. Is there an IAAT retake option? DC concerned with already knowing 7th grade honors math.

I don't know If any school did a "10 minute" practice test. Ours certainly didn't. We were told it's one of those -either you know it or you don't- kind of tests where time for calculations shouldn't be necessary.

Ours did not, either. The only "help" provided was on test day -- using a SmartBoard to display a 10 minute countdown clock for each section.

like the school said, the test is supposed to be hard, and most kids retake algebra in eight anyway

Is this true? Do these kids have a better foundation to move forward than those who take 7 honors then Algebra 1 honors in 8th grade?

Anonymous wrote:By the way how does the school prepare the kids for IAAT. Are the questions related to what they learned in forth,fifth,sixth grades.

It doesn't the test is similar to the cogat it is a purely a power test that determines if your child can think abstractly

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Anonymous wrote:OK. Straight "A" 6th grade student. Advanced mathematics since 3rd grade. Not AAP. School did no "10 minute" practice test for IAAT. DC taken off guard by quick time passage and didn't finish half of 1st section. DC is very disappointed because she/he new the material. Does anyone know if there is subjectivity with Algebra 1 placement if there is a high score on 7th grade SOL. Is there an IAAT retake option? DC concerned with already knowing 7th grade honors math.

I don't know If any school did a "10 minute" practice test. Ours certainly didn't. We were told it's one of those -either you know it or you don't- kind of tests where time for calculations shouldn't be necessary.

Ours did not, either. The only "help" provided was on test day -- using a SmartBoard to display a 10 minute countdown clock for each section.

like the school said, the test is supposed to be hard, and [/b]most kids retake algebra in eight anyway[/b]

Really? Do you have any statistics to back this up? I wonder who is taking all those geometry classes in 8th grade.

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Anonymous wrote:That's actually a significantly lower correlation between the two assessments than I would have guessed -- only about 70 percent of those who passed based on the IAAT also made the SOL cutoff. So don't count your chickens yet.

I am only guessing, but I think that a higher score on the IAAT likely correlates with a higher score on the SOL.

So those with scores at 91 or 92 may be less likely to score Pass Advanced on the SOL, vs. those with scores of 98 or 99 on the IAAT who may be more likely to score Pass Advanced.

My dc had a 95% on the IAAT, 570 on the SOL, and all A's in 6th grade AAP math, and is struggling to keep a B in Algebra.

I wonder if it would be different if Algebra, as opposed to only Algebra Honors was an option. It is truly a HS level class. Homework is not graded and does not count, there is a new topic every day, a quiz every day, and tests with very few questions so that missing even one really brings the grade down. Not showing the work exactly how the teacher wants it shown can take 50% off each question, regardless of a correct answer.

In retrospect, i wish we had stuck with Math 7 honors.

NO, NO and NO. Stop this!

Huh?