reading scores
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Anonymous
| So my 4th grader came home and said she got a 246 on her map-r..that means?? new to this... TIA |
Anonymous
Wow! A score of 246 for a 4th grader is very high! Anything above 221 is considered "advanced"/above-grade-level. We don't see scores like this very often (especially at the beginning of the year). The MAP-R is a multiple choice reading comprehension test that kids take on the computer. I believe it has 42 questions. The test adjusts to each individual student's performance. If a student is answering questions correctly, then both the level of the text and the questions will increase in difficulty. I would venture to say that your child's current instructional reading level is a "W+". The reading level of an on-grade-level student would be around a "P"/"Q" during the first marking period. By the end of 4th grade, a child is considered "on-grade-level" if she/he is reading on a level "S." Signed, A 4th Grade Teacher 
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Anonymous
| Wow here, too. That is really very high. |
Anonymous
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This is the kind of thing that bugs me about MCPS. My DC was being tested all last year for reading and no one ever told me about it. I found out about at the end of the year from a conversation with another MCPS teacher. Once I found out, I requested the results which should have been given to me the first place. Of course, I was getting some testing results, particularly in math. As a result, I just assumed that they send all results back home. I guess I was wrong.
My opinions is that any and all testing should be given to parents with the test objective description and a score distribution so you can see where your kid stands. It's not about scoring and comparing our kids against other kids, it's about finding strengths and weaknesses so we can focus our parental resources better. Thanks for the post, because I have a 4th grader and now I know to ask for map-r. Also, sorry for ranting off topic. |
Anonymous
| OP again. Thanks for the info and I agree with PP. What is the point of giving out a score with no reference points? My daughter was an early reader so she has always done well on reading tests..but interesting to know that MCPS put her towards the end of 5th grade? |
Anonymous
22:21 PP again - OP, I am curious. How did you come to get your daughter's score? Did you ask your daughter? Did your daughter tell you? Did a teacher tell you? After asking my DC, it turns out that my DC's score is in the 220s. DC says the teacher remarked that 220s is a good score. Also, an annonymous 4th grade teacher in a post above that suggests that 221 is the line of being above grade level. This is a strange way to hear about testing results. My DC takes a test and is given a number. DC is told by the test taker that the number is good, but never mentions it to parent. A few days later, I learn about the test accidently on 'DC Urban Moms' and so I follow up with my DC. I then receive the score results second hand through my DC, who is 9 years old. I have no idea what the score means other than the second hand information from an annonymous teacher posted on the internet. This place is cracked up. Anyway, I am going to assume that they are saving this information for discussion at our parent-teacher conference. If I don't hear about it at that conference, I will probably get a little irked and asked to see my kids full file (which by law must be provided). Then i can be sure that I know about all the testing that has taken place. Thanks for the post. |
Anonymous
| I received a small handout with the test score and a few other house keeping items like math level and ?? |
Anonymous
| Also ask for the lexile level, which shows the reading level/level of difficulty at which that your child was reading. |
Anonymous
| NP, question for the 4th Grade teacher above. My third grader came home with a score in the 240s -- so does that mean he is at the level of a 4th grader? Or that he just scored really well on the third grade level test? TIA |
Anonymous
| I don't think the scores are grade specific..so your 3rd grader with a score in the 240's is a comparable reader to any other child with the same score regardless of their grade. |
Anonymous
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Check out this link.
http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/academics/test/Documents/NWEA_Parent_Letter.pdf On the second page, there is a chart that gives the Reading Norms for each grade using the RIT score (the 3 digit score). I teach middle school and 221 is where we like to see our 8th graders. |
Anonymous
This is helpful. Thanks. |
Anonymous
what state? |
Anonymous
| Just curious. Are these reading tests timed? Do the scores reflect speed as well or just accuracy of answers? |
Anonymous
| They are timed. |