MAP math score way down?

[Anonymous]

My kid is in 5/6 Compact math and their MAP math score was 4 points down from fall 2024, but the % difference was 12% less
I know the school said in the fall they started the MAP math 6+ test so they should be comparing apples to apples.
Any insights into why the % is so different? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 5/6 Compact math and their MAP math score was 4 points down from fall 2024, but the % difference was 12% less
I know the school said in the fall they started the MAP math 6+ test so they should be comparing apples to apples.
Any insights into why the % is so different? Thanks!

My kid was down 30 percentiles in reading this test. They'd never scored below 94th percentile before (over two years and 6 prior tests), but suddenly we're at 60th percentile. I think it was just a bad test day. ::shrug::

That difference is probably within the margin of error for testing. It's also possible that the test asked questions about a topic they haven't reviewed in a while and they were rusty. My kid got her best math MAP score ever right after they finished a fractions unit at school and she was very well practiced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 5/6 Compact math and their MAP math score was 4 points down from fall 2024, but the % difference was 12% less
I know the school said in the fall they started the MAP math 6+ test so they should be comparing apples to apples.
Any insights into why the % is so different? Thanks!

My kid was down 30 percentiles in reading this test. They'd never scored below 94th percentile before (over two years and 6 prior tests), but suddenly we're at 60th percentile. I think it was just a bad test day. ::shrug::

That difference is probably within the margin of error for testing. It's also possible that the test asked questions about a topic they haven't reviewed in a while and they were rusty. My kid got her best math MAP score ever right after they finished a fractions unit at school and she was very well practiced.

Thank you-this makes a lot of sense. And of course, bad test day perhaps!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 5/6 Compact math and their MAP math score was 4 points down from fall 2024, but the % difference was 12% less
I know the school said in the fall they started the MAP math 6+ test so they should be comparing apples to apples.
Any insights into why the % is so different? Thanks!

My kid was down 30 percentiles in reading this test. They'd never scored below 94th percentile before (over two years and 6 prior tests), but suddenly we're at 60th percentile. I think it was just a bad test day. ::shrug::

That difference is probably within the margin of error for testing. It's also possible that the test asked questions about a topic they haven't reviewed in a while and they were rusty. My kid got her best math MAP score ever right after they finished a fractions unit at school and she was very well practiced.

That’s a huge difference not just bad test day difference.

[Anonymous]

Kids' scores are very frequently all over the place on these tests. They're adaptive, meaning if they do well, or especially if they are performing unevenly across questions, the test can get very long. Kids have limited patience and focus, there can be a ton of distractions in the classroom, sometimes testing is spread over multiple days, in multiple places. Just use this as one piece of information - among multiple other pieces! - to evaluate how they are doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 5/6 Compact math and their MAP math score was 4 points down from fall 2024, but the % difference was 12% less
I know the school said in the fall they started the MAP math 6+ test so they should be comparing apples to apples.
Any insights into why the % is so different? Thanks!

My kid was down 30 percentiles in reading this test. They'd never scored below 94th percentile before (over two years and 6 prior tests), but suddenly we're at 60th percentile. I think it was just a bad test day. ::shrug::

That difference is probably within the margin of error for testing. It's also possible that the test asked questions about a topic they haven't reviewed in a while and they were rusty. My kid got her best math MAP score ever right after they finished a fractions unit at school and she was very well practiced.

That’s a huge difference not just bad test day difference.

It's not like she suddenly can't read. It's clearly a fluke. The tests are adaptive so I don't know what happened, but something was up. Maybe she just didn't want to bother with reading the questions that day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids' scores are very frequently all over the place on these tests. They're adaptive, meaning if they do well, or especially if they are performing unevenly across questions, the test can get very long. Kids have limited patience and focus, there can be a ton of distractions in the classroom, sometimes testing is spread over multiple days, in multiple places. Just use this as one piece of information - among multiple other pieces! - to evaluate how they are doing.

True. Its really not the best criteria to use for Magnet schools or CES especially when they only look at one score (fall or winter).

[Anonymous]

There are sub-scores listed for each subject. Look at the sub-scores where your kid did less well and see if they need some practice problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are sub-scores listed for each subject. Look at the sub-scores where your kid did less well and see if they need some practice problems.

Great feedback. Where are good sources of practice problems?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are sub-scores listed for each subject. Look at the sub-scores where your kid did less well and see if they need some practice problems.

Great feedback. Where are good sources of practice problems?

IXL

[Anonymous]

OP if the score was already high then it can go down sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are sub-scores listed for each subject. Look at the sub-scores where your kid did less well and see if they need some practice problems.

PP, do you mean high average, average, low average, high? There is no actual number score for the 4 different sub-areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are sub-scores listed for each subject. Look at the sub-scores where your kid did less well and see if they need some practice problems.

PP, do you mean high average, average, low average, high? There is no actual number score for the 4 different sub-areas.

There are numbers for the sub-areas. They appear on the screen at the end. They are also available to the teacher in the expanded report, as part of the guidance for honing the lesson plan for each student. You can ask to see that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are sub-scores listed for each subject. Look at the sub-scores where your kid did less well and see if they need some practice problems.

PP, do you mean high average, average, low average, high? There is no actual number score for the 4 different sub-areas.

There are numbers for the sub-areas. They appear on the screen at the end. They are also available to the teacher in the expanded report, as part of the guidance for honing the lesson plan for each student. You can ask to see that.

Thanks! Our parent report didn’t have anything and DC didn’t know.

[Anonymous]

This is just how statistics works. There is very little difference between median and 85percentile, or 80percentile and 95 percentile. Most kids don’t have wildly different ability. A few at the extremes do.

The test covers a random sample of topics that might not match your kid’s knowledge and current ability. Kids have good days and bad days. Some kids care more about the test, some care less.