Yes, can we get rid of the useless admins and have high school students run MCPS for free? |
Someone failed their NSL government MCAP... |
MAP is a private vendor test that MCPS chooses to administer. |
Measure of *what" though? Says you get a "675 Not Proficient" or a 725 Proficient". What do you do with that information? If you want useful information, look at their homework/exams or give them a test like Khan Academy where you can see the questions and answers. |
So clearly a 4 is not necessary for succeeding at Blair SMACS, because many students with solid post-Algebra MAP scores, and winning state and national level math awards like Mathcounts, AMC, and Kangaroo, are getting 3s. |
Actually, it seems like they managed to understand it. Further, the state is perfectly able to mail these out themselves. |
Makes me think the test is poorly calibrated. |
It's not calibrated at all. Just a pair of context-free numbers. |
It seems like if you are one of the kids who score in the top 0.001% on MAP you might get a 4 otherwise 3 or lower on MCAP. |
You would think wrong. The state printed them and gave them to MCPS in the fall to send out. They have had electronic access even longer. |
The homework/exams are a joke. External exams—MCAP, MAP, AP exams, etc. — are more meaningful |
Then why didn't the state just mail them out directly to parents? |
Don’t know. But can tell you that I have friends in other MD school systems who got their reports in a timely manner. Only MCPS is incompetent enough not to be able to do this basic function. (They are supposed to mail them out within a month of receiving them.) |
MCPS doesn't want to do secretarial work for the state. So deal with it. |
I'd think they were incompetent if they prioritized this worthless test. |