MAP Scores

[Anonymous]

I know MAP is important for magnet programs but other than that are they relevant? Will a college see it? Also, are they still taken in high school?

[Anonymous]

College app - no

Post-criteria-based-magnet selection - no (except, perhaps, if a large deficit needing support is evidenced)

Program evaluation - yes, which is why they continue to administer it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:College app - no

Post-criteria-based-magnet selection - no (except, perhaps, if a large deficit needing support is evidenced)

Program evaluation - yes, which is why they continue to administer it

What do you mean by program evaluation? Magnet/ces programs?

[Anonymous]

I was going to post something similar. How much do parents care about MAP scores?

[Anonymous]

My DC’s 6th grade math teacher sent out an email about ixl. Urging parents and students to practice skills in order to increase their MAP M scores. FWIW my DC is in AMP 7+. Not sure if this is a common behavior to email parents about an upcoming MAP testing and asking them to practice ixl. Do teachers have any incentive here? Why so much focus on MAP scores for 6th graders in AMP 7+ when they all will land in Algebra 1 next year anyway. This is the first time I have come across this. DC is mu 3rd child going through the same middle school. Is there something I am missing??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC’s 6th grade math teacher sent out an email about ixl. Urging parents and students to practice skills in order to increase their MAP M scores. FWIW my DC is in AMP 7+. Not sure if this is a common behavior to email parents about an upcoming MAP testing and asking them to practice ixl. Do teachers have any incentive here? Why so much focus on MAP scores for 6th graders in AMP 7+ when they all will land in Algebra 1 next year anyway. This is the first time I have come across this. DC is mu 3rd child going through the same middle school. Is there something I am missing??

You’re not missing anything. That teacher is out of line. They should not be urging your kids to practice or prepare and that is bound to lead to anxiety for both kids and parents. The teacher is motivated by showing improvement that they will claim is due to their teaching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC’s 6th grade math teacher sent out an email about ixl. Urging parents and students to practice skills in order to increase their MAP M scores. FWIW my DC is in AMP 7+. Not sure if this is a common behavior to email parents about an upcoming MAP testing and asking them to practice ixl. Do teachers have any incentive here? Why so much focus on MAP scores for 6th graders in AMP 7+ when they all will land in Algebra 1 next year anyway. This is the first time I have come across this. DC is mu 3rd child going through the same middle school. Is there something I am missing??

You’re not missing anything. That teacher is out of line. They should not be urging your kids to practice or prepare and that is bound to lead to anxiety for both kids and parents. The teacher is motivated by showing improvement that they will claim is due to their teaching.

OK, so? Telling kids to practice at home is good teaching. Good for that teacher. Kids like yours need it. The glorification of laziness has to stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC’s 6th grade math teacher sent out an email about ixl. Urging parents and students to practice skills in order to increase their MAP M scores. FWIW my DC is in AMP 7+. Not sure if this is a common behavior to email parents about an upcoming MAP testing and asking them to practice ixl. Do teachers have any incentive here? Why so much focus on MAP scores for 6th graders in AMP 7+ when they all will land in Algebra 1 next year anyway. This is the first time I have come across this. DC is mu 3rd child going through the same middle school. Is there something I am missing??

The teacher wants your kid to solidify their understanding so they can succeed in Algebra and beyond. She wants the kids to make academic progress, which is measured by the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test.

What is confusing about this?
Study --> Perform -> Certify

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was going to post something similar. How much do parents care about MAP scores?

It's one one way to prove my kid is better than yours, so it's pretty important to parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC’s 6th grade math teacher sent out an email about ixl. Urging parents and students to practice skills in order to increase their MAP M scores. FWIW my DC is in AMP 7+. Not sure if this is a common behavior to email parents about an upcoming MAP testing and asking them to practice ixl. Do teachers have any incentive here? Why so much focus on MAP scores for 6th graders in AMP 7+ when they all will land in Algebra 1 next year anyway. This is the first time I have come across this. DC is mu 3rd child going through the same middle school. Is there something I am missing??

The teacher wants your kid to solidify their understanding so they can succeed in Algebra and beyond. She wants the kids to make academic progress, which is measured by the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test.

What is confusing about this?
Study --> Perform -> Certify

Confusing because I have not heard of this much emphasis on MAP scores by a teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College app - no

Post-criteria-based-magnet selection - no (except, perhaps, if a large deficit needing support is evidenced)

Program evaluation - yes, which is why they continue to administer it

What do you mean by program evaluation? Magnet/ces programs?

To measure if the programs, including magnets and CES, are correlated to increased academic progress growth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know MAP is important for magnet programs but other than that are they relevant? Will a college see it? Also, are they still taken in high school?

Not taken past 9th grade

[Anonymous]

MAP is important in elementary and middle school for placement purposes and for identifying gaps between overly generous classroom grades vs. national, standardized expectations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know MAP is important for magnet programs but other than that are they relevant? Will a college see it? Also, are they still taken in high school?

Not taken past 9th grade

My DD took MAP tests all through high school. Until 11th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MAP is important in elementary and middle school for placement purposes and for identifying gaps between overly generous classroom grades vs. national, standardized expectations.

Some teachers are so swamped with kids who are strugglingthat they ignore others at grade level so much so that they barely know them and just make up grades.