MAP-M - what's on the test?

[Anonymous]

Kids went to school abroad but will be going to MCPS in the Fall. What is on the MAP-M test? It is more quantitive reasoning or it covers some advanced math?

The oldest kid went to local school and followed their math curriculum. They have some algebra in 7th, and they had some geometry. But they haven't done (and won't do) quadratic equations and functions this year, for example.

[Anonymous]

It is an adaptive test so what your kids see depends on what they know. What grades are your kids in?

[Anonymous]

currently 7th and 4th

[Anonymous]

Here it is, in extreme detail
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/mappers

[Anonymous]

thank you! this is helpful, but only goes to 220 or something. what do difficult questions look like?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:thank you! this is helpful, but only goes to 220 or something. what do difficult questions look like?

Are you trying to have your kids study for the MAP? It is not a test you study for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:thank you! this is helpful, but only goes to 220 or something. what do difficult questions look like?

DCUM kids regularly get 280 and up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:thank you! this is helpful, but only goes to 220 or something. what do difficult questions look like?

It’s not a quantitative reasoning test. It just tests knowledge of core subject areas. So a “hard” question for a 4th grader would be one not typically covered in 4th grade like questions about decimals or multiplying fractions or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:thank you! this is helpful, but only goes to 220 or something. what do difficult questions look like?

DCUM kids regularly get 280 and up.

yes, i saw that being discussed so i was wondering what type of questions get you there. thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:thank you! this is helpful, but only goes to 220 or something. what do difficult questions look like?

Are you trying to have your kids study for the MAP? It is not a test you study for.

as far i as can tell (and both DH and i have engineering degrees, so we do know some math), the kids are good at math. their curriculum was fairly advanced, but it's different from the MCPS. for example, they started geometry in first grade, and built from there. the fourth-grader can already do some algebra and nontrivial geometry.

but on the other hand, they don't do quadratic questions in seventh grade (but they do, for example, geometric proofs, in sixth grade). so yes, i would like to know what holes the kids have compared to MCPS curriculum and yes, i would have them master that material, if it's not too difficult and too far removed from their base knowledge. it doesn't make sense to go to a slower track just because they didn't cover a topic or two, if that makes sense.

thank you for your help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:thank you! this is helpful, but only goes to 220 or something. what do difficult questions look like?

Are you trying to have your kids study for the MAP? It is not a test you study for.

as far i as can tell (and both DH and i have engineering degrees, so we do know some math), the kids are good at math. their curriculum was fairly advanced, but it's different from the MCPS. for example, they started geometry in first grade, and built from there. the fourth-grader can already do some algebra and nontrivial geometry.

but on the other hand, they don't do quadratic questions in seventh grade (but they do, for example, geometric proofs, in sixth grade). so yes, i would like to know what holes the kids have compared to MCPS curriculum and yes, i would have them master that material, if it's not too difficult and too far removed from their base knowledge. it doesn't make sense to go to a slower track just because they didn't cover a topic or two, if that makes sense.

thank you for your help.

MCPS follows the Common Core standards. You can look them up by grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:thank you! this is helpful, but only goes to 220 or something. what do difficult questions look like?

Are you trying to have your kids study for the MAP? It is not a test you study for.

Tell that to the preppers angling for scarce magnet seats...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:thank you! this is helpful, but only goes to 220 or something. what do difficult questions look like?

Are you trying to have your kids study for the MAP? It is not a test you study for.

Tell that to the preppers angling for scarce magnet seats...

Won't matter anyway for MS Magnets because it's a lottery - it's not like a 99.99%ile makes it more likely you will get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:thank you! this is helpful, but only goes to 220 or something. what do difficult questions look like?

There are no difficult questions on the MAP. It is a test of basic grade level math. There are higher grade level questions on the MAP.

Be aware that level 220 material means "if you get half of these questions correct, you'll get a score of 220".

It's the same as main math content through Algebra 2 / Integrated Math 3(including statistics modules)

230+ is prealgrebra
235+ is algebra 1
245+ is high school geometry
~255+ is algebra 2

Your score is the level where you get 50% correct.
So if you know 100% of algebra and 50% of Algebra 2, you'll get a score around 260.


https://www.khanacademy.org/math

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:thank you! this is helpful, but only goes to 220 or something. what do difficult questions look like?

Are you trying to have your kids study for the MAP? It is not a test you study for.

as far i as can tell (and both DH and i have engineering degrees, so we do know some math), the kids are good at math. their curriculum was fairly advanced, but it's different from the MCPS. for example, they started geometry in first grade, and built from there. the fourth-grader can already do some algebra and nontrivial geometry.

but on the other hand, they don't do quadratic questions in seventh grade (but they do, for example, geometric proofs, in sixth grade). so yes, i would like to know what holes the kids have compared to MCPS curriculum and yes, i would have them master that material, if it's not too difficult and too far removed from their base knowledge. it doesn't make sense to go to a slower track just because they didn't cover a topic or two, if that makes sense.

thank you for your help.

What kind of non-trivial geometry and geometric proofs?
MCPS does some geometry in ES and MS/prealgebra too.