5th-6th grade math / Map-M
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Anonymous
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For parents of current 5th graders - quick survey and trying to see if the info would help me talk to my DC's teachers.
What was your child's 5th grade spring MAP-M score? Is your child in compacted 5/6 math? Will your child take Math 6 or IM next year? I'll go first: 243/Not in compacted/Math 6 next year. Wondering if this score is good to request a test for IM placement? additional info: DC is solid in math, tends to coast along if not challenged. Should I let DC be in Math 6 and coast along or request acceleration? Trying to see what the average MAP-M 5th grade spring scores are and where my DC is. Is there any point in talking to the teachers? Thanks for your input! |
Anonymous
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OP,
You should request. Nothing to lose. The score is high enough for IM at 6th grade. Your argument is for 6th grade Spring MAP-M between 237-245 is considered high. So your DC's score is high. The compacted math placement is very subjective. My kid was not placed in compacted math at 4th grade. When moving up to 5th grade, some other kids were got into compacted math 5/6, ours was still in 5th math at the beginning of 2014/2015 school year. We requested for reevaluation based on our kid's MSA test result. After two weeks our kid was placed in compacted 5/6 math. The recent spring MAP-M score was 429. That is considered "very high" for 6th grade based on the chart. |
Anonymous
| PP here correction MAP-M score was 449. Sorry for the typo |
Anonymous
| Obviously PP is confused about Map-M scores, but regardless I am going to look at it a different way. Does it matter what the Map-M score is? Do you really want your child missing ALL of 6th grade math just to have algebra in 7th grade???? If your DC is "solid" in math, but not a true prodigy, there is no reason to take Algebra before 8th grade. Your DC will still take calculus before college. Do not set your very solid student up to fail in his/her first year of middle school- there will be enough challenges with so many different teachers and classes. |
Anonymous
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What is 6th grade math ? and then what is 2nd grade math ? There are a lot overlaps between grades. MAP-M score is an objective result. High score means better understanding advanced level math. Again, there is no such a thing called 6th grade math.
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Anonymous
| Some of the recoomedantion maybe subjuective as you noted that your child typically coasts. The teacher may not see him as a focused math student who is ready for 7th grade algebra. Are you really certain your child will step up in the harder class. Tough call! |
Anonymous
| it is better being challenged than being bored. |
Anonymous
| My 5th grader who is in compacted math 5:6 got a 245 at beginning of year. |
Anonymous
Another typo it should be 249 |
Anonymous
| Under the old curriculum, kids skipped grades and it was fine for awhile but when they got to high school the teachers complained that there were too many holes and the kids weren't able to keep up anymore. That is why there is no more skipping of grades unless a kid clearly needs it. Nothing in your post makes me think your child clearly needs it, but if you think he does have him evaluated. Personally, unless I really really really felt my kid needed algebra in 7th, I wouldn't do it to my own child. |
Anonymous
| I don't know what my kid's MAP was, but she was in HGC before compacted math, and took Math 6 in 5th. Not sure there's any way to skip Math 6 altogether to be in IM, but you might be able to start in Math 6 and then talk to the teacher to see if switching later is an option. FWIW, my kid started in Math 7 in 6th and then switched partway through the year into IM in order to be able to take algebra in 7th. |
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Anonymous
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I think there is a difference between being able to understand higher level math and actually knowing the concepts and the vocabulary. But if you can't get the school to agree to placement in IM, you could start your child in Math 6 and if he really is knocking it out of the park, you can ask to bump him up to IM mid-year.
FWIW, I have a 4th grader in compacted math 5-6 (in HGC) who has a 245 MAP-M. Should my kid be taking IM in 5th grade? |
Anonymous
What else would your child take? I mean, isn't that what comes next? How did he/she skip compacted math 4/5? |
Anonymous
| Algebra? |