MAP-M score threshold for AIM placement?

[Anonymous]

I have an older kid who was placed in it two years ago, but my younger kid a little more shaky in math and i'm trying to remember what the math enrichment guy at TPMS said about the MAP-M score you needed to be slotted into AIM (I know there's also a teacher rec). Anyone know?

[Anonymous]

It depends on the percent of students who review FARMs at the school. It is locally burned 85th percentile. The middle school magnets thread lists them at the start of the thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have an older kid who was placed in it two years ago, but my younger kid a little more shaky in math and i'm trying to remember what the math enrichment guy at TPMS said about the MAP-M score you needed to be slotted into AIM (I know there's also a teacher rec). Anyone know?

Well, not sure about AIM, but it's been posted here that many of the wealthy Potomac schools that offer acceleration that isn't offered elsewhere jump 6th graders with 250+ on their MAP-M into Algebra.

[Anonymous]

My youngest is in 5th and scored 251 on MAP-M on the most recent test. He has been centrally identified for AIM and he has a teacher recommendation for AIM in 6ht grade.

[Anonymous]

Both my kids scored high 240s in 5th. One was placed in AIM, the other wasn’t. (I was successful in getting the one who wasn’t moved into into AIM the second semester of 6th grade after we had a 100% average in 6th grade honors. Not sure if the initial placement was a mistake or not)

[Anonymous]

OP here--FWIW my oldest did not test into AIM (has ADHD and a 504) and I successfully negotiated them into AIM anyway. I got the sense that if there's enough will from the parent to place the kid there, they relent. I would definitely argue your case this summer if you're unhappy with the placement.

[Anonymous]

It's been a while, but I vaguely remember something like 240 was the rule of thumb at a lot of schools, but I think it's well within their discretion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My youngest is in 5th and scored 251 on MAP-M on the most recent test. He has been centrally identified for AIM and he has a teacher recommendation for AIM in 6ht grade.

Our 5th grade teacher said they only could choose 6 or 6+ for a rec. Did your teacher rec come in as AIM before the central identification letter went out, or could it be that the system changes it from whatever the teacher selects to AIM if centrally identified?

Also, where do you see the rec? ParentVUE somewhere?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an older kid who was placed in it two years ago, but my younger kid a little more shaky in math and i'm trying to remember what the math enrichment guy at TPMS said about the MAP-M score you needed to be slotted into AIM (I know there's also a teacher rec). Anyone know?

Well, not sure about AIM, but it's been posted here that many of the wealthy Potomac schools that offer acceleration that isn't offered elsewhere jump 6th graders with 250+ on their MAP-M into Algebra.

Stop making stuff up here. It's offered at non-wealthy schools too. You may not want to believe it but it's true. However, if a child is in AIM in 6th, they go to Algebra in 7th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My youngest is in 5th and scored 251 on MAP-M on the most recent test. He has been centrally identified for AIM and he has a teacher recommendation for AIM in 6ht grade.

Our 5th grade teacher said they only could choose 6 or 6+ for a rec. Did your teacher rec come in as AIM before the central identification letter went out, or could it be that the system changes it from whatever the teacher selects to AIM if centrally identified?

Also, where do you see the rec? ParentVUE somewhere?

Is Math 6+ AIM? They changed the names to fit the new curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here--FWIW my oldest did not test into AIM (has ADHD and a 504) and I successfully negotiated them into AIM anyway. I got the sense that if there's enough will from the parent to place the kid there, they relent. I would definitely argue your case this summer if you're unhappy with the placement.

Some middle schools are far more flexible than ES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an older kid who was placed in it two years ago, but my younger kid a little more shaky in math and i'm trying to remember what the math enrichment guy at TPMS said about the MAP-M score you needed to be slotted into AIM (I know there's also a teacher rec). Anyone know?

Well, not sure about AIM, but it's been posted here that many of the wealthy Potomac schools that offer acceleration that isn't offered elsewhere jump 6th graders with 250+ on their MAP-M into Algebra.

Sigh. Can you stop? We're at Westland (Bethesda) and we had to fight to get DD into Algebra in 6th. "Wealthy Potomac" schools are the same. It's something you request, and if you can test in, and the test is difficult, you may possibly get in.

6th grade Algebra 1 is not automatic entry anywhere in MCPS, and not on any official schematic.

However, AIM certainly is, and OP should ask the math teacher what the criteria are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My youngest is in 5th and scored 251 on MAP-M on the most recent test. He has been centrally identified for AIM and he has a teacher recommendation for AIM in 6ht grade.

Our 5th grade teacher said they only could choose 6 or 6+ for a rec. Did your teacher rec come in as AIM before the central identification letter went out, or could it be that the system changes it from whatever the teacher selects to AIM if centrally identified?

Also, where do you see the rec? ParentVUE somewhere?

Our kid brought home a sheet of paper where the teacher checked AIM as one of three math options at Westland. That recommendation came about a week before we received the letter of central identification. The teacher recommendation is also in ParentVUE under “Course Requests “.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an older kid who was placed in it two years ago, but my younger kid a little more shaky in math and i'm trying to remember what the math enrichment guy at TPMS said about the MAP-M score you needed to be slotted into AIM (I know there's also a teacher rec). Anyone know?

Well, not sure about AIM, but it's been posted here that many of the wealthy Potomac schools that offer acceleration that isn't offered elsewhere jump 6th graders with 250+ on their MAP-M into Algebra.

Sigh. Can you stop? We're at Westland (Bethesda) and we had to fight to get DD into Algebra in 6th. "Wealthy Potomac" schools are the same. It's something you request, and if you can test in, and the test is difficult, you may possibly get in.

6th grade Algebra 1 is not automatic entry anywhere in MCPS, and not on any official schematic.

However, AIM certainly is, and OP should ask the math teacher what the criteria are.

At a nonwealthy school and it was on our registration form as an option. No fight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My youngest is in 5th and scored 251 on MAP-M on the most recent test. He has been centrally identified for AIM and he has a teacher recommendation for AIM in 6ht grade.

Our 5th grade teacher said they only could choose 6 or 6+ for a rec. Did your teacher rec come in as AIM before the central identification letter went out, or could it be that the system changes it from whatever the teacher selects to AIM if centrally identified?

Also, where do you see the rec? ParentVUE somewhere?

Our kid brought home a sheet of paper where the teacher checked AIM as one of three math options at Westland. That recommendation came about a week before we received the letter of central identification. The teacher recommendation is also in ParentVUE under “Course Requests “.

Our ES has not shared this information with us, and our MS is not releasing course info on ParentVue.