MAP test settings

[Anonymous]

Is it possible for administrators to change the settings on MAP tests for certain testing cycles?

I've had a suspicion for the past few years that the winter test settings are set to harder than fall or spring.

I have a generally 99th percentile kid across both MAP-R and MAP-M, but DC consistently dips or stays stagnant mid-year. Just an observation and wondering if others notice this as well.

[Anonymous]

No. That's not how it works. There's no setting to change.

[Anonymous]

Its a self adjusting test. Mine goes up in a absolute score but sometimes dips in percentile because other kids catch up. Kids are also spacey after holidays sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Is this a troll? That doesn’t happen to our 99.9 percentile kid. Sometimes can go up or down a little but not anything to do with the test settings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. That's not how it works. There's no setting to change.

This. Administrators don’t make the test. The MAP people do.

[Anonymous]

I wondered if it’s gotten easier. My younger child who is smart but doesn’t breeze through school with effortless As in the same way my smart older kid did, has been blowing his siblings scores out of the water. Huge jumps each time this year into the 99th percentile several grade levels above his own. Is the test easier this year than the years prior? Can you compare scores by grade this year with the same grade three years ago? Is the middle school test the same test as the high school one?

[Anonymous]

Does anybody know where I can find a current score chart for the map R?

[Anonymous]

https://sites.google.com/view/nweapercentilecalculator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wondered if it’s gotten easier. My younger child who is smart but doesn’t breeze through school with effortless As in the same way my smart older kid did, has been blowing his siblings scores out of the water. Huge jumps each time this year into the 99th percentile several grade levels above his own. Is the test easier this year than the years prior? Can you compare scores by grade this year with the same grade three years ago? Is the middle school test the same test as the high school one?

The test has been exactly the same for the past 2-3 years.The earlier one was pretty close so maybe a few points off.

[Anonymous]

The test has remained consistent, and RIT scores are similar, but NWEA did a new norming study and so the percentiles associated with the RIT changed. MCPS used the NEWA 2015 norms at least one year after the 2020 morning study was released.

So depends on if you are comparing your kids’ percentiles or RIT scores.