MontCo First Graders being Tested on 3rd Grade Math?

[Anonymous]

Are all the First Graders in the County being given computerized tests featuring 3rd Grade Math topics, or is it just my ES? This seems ridiculous to me.

[Anonymous]

Are you talking about the MAP-P?

Have you talked to your child's teacher?

[Anonymous]

Let's just assume that the answer to almost everything on here could be "ask your child's teacher". People come here to get a sense of other schools/a wide variety of opinions (sometimes too wide)/or a more honest answer then anyone would give in public.

I am interested to see the responses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's just assume that the answer to almost everything on here could be "ask your child's teacher". People come here to get a sense of other schools/a wide variety of opinions (sometimes too wide)/or a more honest answer then anyone would give in public.

I am interested to see the responses.

Yes, let's assume that it is. Asking your teacher is, indeed, a great place to start. So why aren't people doing it? Because it's easier to come on DCUM and complain about MCPS.

[Anonymous]

To repeat: People come here to get a sense of other schools/a wide variety of opinions (sometimes too wide)/or a more honest answer then anyone would give in public.

[Anonymous]

To repeat:

The OP is asking whether

1. all first-graders in the county are taking "computerized tests featuring 3rd Grade Math topics"
2. isn't that ridiculous

Thereby leaping right over some basic information, for example

1. What is this "computerized test featuring 3rd Grade Math topics"?
2. What is MCPS's explanation for why the OP's first-grader is taking it?
3. Might MCPS's explanation be reasonable?

Does the OP ask any of these questions? I'm guessing not. Because otherwise the OP would know that it's the MAP-P (I'm assuming), and yes, everybody in the county takes it, and there are actually some good reasons for it.

[Anonymous]

If it's Map-M, then yes, it is possible that your 1st grader could be tested on 3rd grade topics - because Map-M is designed to get progressively harder as your child shows mastery of the more basic skills.

[Anonymous]

Seriously, take it down a notch. Have you considered the possibility that the OP is hearing about the test from her child?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, take it down a notch. Have you considered the possibility that the OP is hearing about the test from her child?

I imagine that the OP did hear about the test from her child. So what's the next logical step, if you want to find out more about it? E-mail the teacher and say, "My child said that they did this test yesterday. Could you tell me a bit more about it?" Or get on DCUM and say, "Is everybody really doing this crazy test? How ridiculous!"

[Anonymous]

Sounds like Map-p which progressively gets harder as your child correctly answers the questions correctly. I have to agree with pp's, this sounds like a question for the teacher. Hen you can ask for scores.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Yes, I did hear about it from the child, and I asked the teacher. The teacher said they were "giving a computerized test to check the mastery of first grade math subjects so far this year." She did not name the test, nor explain why she might be asked to do 3rd grade math while they were checking for mastery of 1st grade topics.

So I appreciate the commenters who were not snarky. Now I can go back to the teacher with more information and request results.

[Anonymous]

Its probably MAP-P. Don't worry, they won't even tell you score. No, I am not joking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its probably MAP-P. Don't worry, they won't even tell you score. No, I am not joking.

They will tell you the score if you ask. If the teacher doesn't tell you the score, then ask the principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yes, I did hear about it from the child, and I asked the teacher. The teacher said they were "giving a computerized test to check the mastery of first grade math subjects so far this year." She did not name the test, nor explain why she might be asked to do 3rd grade math while they were checking for mastery of 1st grade topics.

So I appreciate the commenters who were not snarky. Now I can go back to the teacher with more information and request results.

The next time you post a question, it might be more helpful for you to say, if you have already asked the teacher, that you had already asked the teacher, and that the teacher had said [whatever].

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its probably MAP-P. Don't worry, they won't even tell you score. No, I am not joking.

They will tell you the score if you ask. If the teacher doesn't tell you the score, then ask the principal.

I got a copy of the score when I asked my son's teacher.