Originally Posted by greenlotus
Originally Posted by blackcat
So she has to score in the 75th percentile, or get 75 percent correct, or what? I hope it goes well.

The sheet we were given states "equal or greater than 75% in 3 out of 5 areas assessed by the Complete Iowa Assessments".
DD9, by the way, has decided that she hates everyone in Iowa because they came up with the test!!
I dropped her off this morning and felt so horrible. Three days of testing!!!!! About 2 hours per day in the asst. principal's office. We did get the 504 set up last week so she will get to write in the booklet vs. filling in tiny ovals on the sheet.

Knowing the Iowa Assessments (and the predecessor Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and Iowa Tests of Educational Development), the 75% should almost certainly be 75th percentile. This entire family of tests is all about percentiles rather than raw scores or what percent of questions you got right.

And the state of Iowa is actually a lovely place to live and is full of nice people. As it happens, I have an in-law who works for the company that puts out the Iowa Assessments - next Thursday I can short-change him on the size of his pumpkin pie slice if you'd like.

Best of luck,
--S.F.

For gifted children, doing nothing is the wrong choice.