Academic support for English

[Anonymous]

Hi parents,
Reviewing my kid’ MAP-R score across a few years, it’s always been ~75th percentile. He is not ESL and reads and does grammar workbooks in spare time.
How can I figure out where he is lacking and how to help. What type of questions are in MAP-R ?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Reach out to the Reading Specialist and ask to review the in depth MAP report. That said 75% is not bad or something.

[Anonymous]

Standardized tests are the most imprecise measure of ability. Something to keep in mind when reviewing scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Standardized tests are the most imprecise measure of ability. Something to keep in mind when reviewing scores.

I agree. I’m an English teacher. My own child scored in the 70th percentile on the MAP. I’m not doing anything about it. She can read and write well, and that matters more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Standardized tests are the most imprecise measure of ability. Something to keep in mind when reviewing scores.

I agree. I’m an English teacher. My own child scored in the 70th percentile on the MAP. I’m not doing anything about it. She can read and write well, and that matters more.

What if the score has been stagnant over the last few years and only inches up by a few points ?

[Anonymous]

Any tests given on a computer to young kids should be taken with a grain of salt. Just watching students take these tests will show you this.

- a teacher

[Anonymous]

What’s wrong with being in the 75th%tile?

[Anonymous]

When one of my kids was scoring in the low 90s I looked at the report and noticed their lowest score was vocabulary. I got them two things. An NWEA vocab list for their RIT score range and taught them 50 common greek and latin roots. Their score went up by 5%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with being in the 75th%tile?

Crazy talk! This is DCUM. We have standards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When one of my kids was scoring in the low 90s I looked at the report and noticed their lowest score was vocabulary. I got them two things. An NWEA vocab list for their RIT score range and taught them 50 common greek and latin roots. Their score went up by 5%.

Good teacher, you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reach out to the Reading Specialist and ask to review the in depth MAP report. That said 75% is not bad or something.

Seriously? You are going to ask her to reach out to the Reading Specialist for 75% MAP-R? There are kids who truly need help in reading and this is just crazy Dcum talk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When one of my kids was scoring in the low 90s I looked at the report and noticed their lowest score was vocabulary. I got them two things. [b]An NWEA vocab list for their RIT score range and taught them 50 common greek and latin roots[b]. Their score went up by 5%.

is there a book that I can purchase or website for parents for access?