Magnet Middle School Thread: MAP scores and results

[Anonymous]

Can someone remind me how many spots there are at each of these schools for the magnet program? Is it 100 per school?

[Anonymous]

Ridiculous that kids scoring 270+ in math and 260+ in reading weren’t admitted. Those are the true outliers that should be straight admits. Then sure lottery the remaining kids in the 98-99%. Barring a disability that affects testing, no one with scores lower than that *needs* to be in a magnet.

[Anonymous]

I think MCPS should just do away with MS magnets and focus on offering enriched education and programming at each MS. If there are kids who are at a MS with no cohort, they can COSA to whatever MS they want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think MCPS should just do away with MS magnets and focus on offering enriched education and programming at each MS. If there are kids who are at a MS with no cohort, they can COSA to whatever MS they want.

Agree, this makes the most sense. But real enrichment. My kid had one enriched humanities class in MS 6th and 7th, nothing in 8th. No enriched math or science offerings. That doesn’t cut it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think MCPS should just do away with MS magnets and focus on offering enriched education and programming at each MS. If there are kids who are at a MS with no cohort, they can COSA to whatever MS they want.

I have a child currently in the program at Eastern and the enrichment and opportunities they are getting are wonderful, but it seems so ridiculous to offer this to only a small group of students. If the magnet process is showing a substantial number of students who would benefit from enrichment, but only a small handful randomly selected get the highest level of enrichment, that is very hard to justify. It would be better to offer substantial opportunities at the local MS, or even to have magnets in each cluster to be able to serve more students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid in CES got into eastern. Are the MAP scores on the paper? I don’t see them anywhere. They won’t be going. It’s way too far away. Hope one of your kids gets the spot!

We'd appreciate it if you could share the stats for your child. Fall 2020 MAP scores in particular.

I would be happy to provide, but I don’t know how to find them. When my older was in 5th, the paper had her scores on it, this one doesn’t. Is it on ParentVUE somewhere?

Okay I found them.

In pool for Eastern and got in, not in pool for takoma.
Map reading was 239 (98%) in fall
Math was 232 (93%) but had always gotten 97-99% in past. DL has not worked well, tendencies towards ADD).

Is she by any chance categorized by MCPS as ESOL, FARMS, or does she have an IEP?
I ask because while these are perfectly decent scores, Fall 2020 MAPs are significantly below what some other students have, and some not only were not selected in the lottery, but some ***were not even in the pool***
To me this means MCPS weighed prior MAP scores significantly.

Nope, not ESOL, farms, or IEP. I was honestly as surprised as you. I completely understand why everyone is upset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think MCPS should just do away with MS magnets and focus on offering enriched education and programming at each MS. If there are kids who are at a MS with no cohort, they can COSA to whatever MS they want.

I agree! Please please make an actual advanced English class instead of this BS “everyone is in advanced English and teachers can differentiate within the classroom”—they can’t.

[Anonymous]

Here's a (hopefully correct) summary of Fall MAP scores reported in this thread so far. Although maybe we are all focusing too much on Fall MAP scores, but there really aren't a lot of other data points to consider.

MAP-M and Math magnet results:
232 - not in pool
234 - not in pool
242 - in pool
244 - in pool (selected)
245 - in pool
252 - in pool (selected)
255 - not in pool
255 - in pool
262 - in pool
268 - in pool
272 - in pool (and in-bounds for TPMS, but not selected)
283 - in pool

MAP-R and Humanities magnet results:
235 - in pool
235 - in pool
237 - in pool
238 - in pool
239- in pool (selected)
240- not in pool
240 - in pool
240 - in pool
240 - in pool
245 - in pool
245 - in pool
256 - in pool

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a (hopefully correct) summary of Fall MAP scores reported in this thread so far. Although maybe we are all focusing too much on Fall MAP scores, but there really aren't a lot of other data points to consider.

MAP-M and Math magnet results:
232 - not in pool
234 - not in pool
242 - in pool
244 - in pool (selected)
245 - in pool
252 - in pool (selected)
255 - not in pool
255 - in pool
262 - in pool
268 - in pool
272 - in pool (and in-bounds for TPMS, but not selected)
283 - in pool

MAP-R and Humanities magnet results:
235 - in pool
235 - in pool
237 - in pool
238 - in pool
239- in pool (selected)
240- not in pool
240 - in pool
240 - in pool
240 - in pool
245 - in pool
245 - in pool
256 - in pool

Thanks for compiling PP. It looks like they may have used the 240 cut-off for TPMS. This has been the traditional recommendation line for AIM in 6th, however it is not the Fall test that they usually consider. Interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a (hopefully correct) summary of Fall MAP scores reported in this thread so far. Although maybe we are all focusing too much on Fall MAP scores, but there really aren't a lot of other data points to consider.

MAP-M and Math magnet results:
232 - not in pool
234 - not in pool
242 - in pool
244 - in pool (selected)
245 - in pool
252 - in pool (selected)
255 - not in pool
255 - in pool
262 - in pool
268 - in pool
272 - in pool (and in-bounds for TPMS, but not selected)
283 - in pool

MAP-R and Humanities magnet results:
235 - in pool
235 - in pool
237 - in pool
238 - in pool
239- in pool (selected)
240- not in pool
240 - in pool
240 - in pool
240 - in pool
245 - in pool
245 - in pool
256 - in pool

Thanks for compiling PP. It looks like they may have used the 240 cut-off for TPMS. This has been the traditional recommendation line for AIM in 6th, however it is not the Fall test that they usually consider. Interesting.

Add 240 map M and NOT in pool.

[Anonymous]

If these are the cut offs 80% of the kids at our elementary made the pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone remind me how many spots there are at each of these schools for the magnet program? Is it 100 per school?

Yes, although I think some at TPMS were traditionally reserved for in-bounds. It could be 15-20 if memory serves.
I don't know if those seats were added on to the 100 or were part of the 100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If these are the cut offs 80% of the kids at our elementary made the pool.

This. I guarantee the cut-offs varied by school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous that kids scoring 270+ in math and 260+ in reading weren’t admitted. Those are the true outliers that should be straight admits. Then sure lottery the remaining kids in the 98-99%. Barring a disability that affects testing, no one with scores lower than that *needs* to be in a magnet.

I agree. And my kid got into one of the magnets, but I don’t think he “needs” it as much as some others who are much higher flyers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If these are the cut offs 80% of the kids at our elementary made the pool.

My guess is these pools were huge.