Cheating during MAP M

[Anonymous]

My kid definitely did this during the pandemic. He googled a vocabulary word he didn’t understand. He was only 8 and had no idea it was cheating. BUT his score for that particular test wasn’t out of line with other times he took the test and didn’t cheat, both before or after.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a kid cheat on the MAP? If anything, a low score on a MAP is damning to the school, not the student. I don't know any kids under the illusion that MAP is like report card grades, SAT scores, etc. It's just not talked about the same way.

Once again, if you're in the running for a magnet program, or even for taking an advanced course, such as algebra in 6th, MAP scores count.

And if you "don't know any kids who talk about MAP scores" that only means one thing: your own are too behind to qualify for magnets. At my child's CES MAPs were discussed. Yes, MAPs. Yes, among 5th graders.

I'm the PP you quoted. Thank you for your explanation (a little patronizing/condescending, but at least you didn't call anyone stupid like the other PPs - maybe that's the best we can do on DCUM?). I think we'll never know if this thread was real or made up. Would still like to know how the cheating would happen technically.

Prior PP is an idiot. My own kid not only has very high MAP scores but they were high enough that he is at a magnet middle school. MAP scores were never discussed. Teachers told them not to share - and they didn’t. Younger kid is currently at a CES, also no discussion of MAP scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a kid cheat on the MAP? If anything, a low score on a MAP is damning to the school, not the student. I don't know any kids under the illusion that MAP is like report card grades, SAT scores, etc. It's just not talked about the same way.

Once again, if you're in the running for a magnet program, or even for taking an advanced course, such as algebra in 6th, MAP scores count.

And if you "don't know any kids who talk about MAP scores" that only means one thing: your own are too behind to qualify for magnets. At my child's CES MAPs were discussed. Yes, MAPs. Yes, among 5th graders.

I'm the PP you quoted. Thank you for your explanation (a little patronizing/condescending, but at least you didn't call anyone stupid like the other PPs - maybe that's the best we can do on DCUM?). I think we'll never know if this thread was real or made up. Would still like to know how the cheating would happen technically.

Prior PP is an idiot. My own kid not only has very high MAP scores but they were high enough that he is at a magnet middle school. MAP scores were never discussed. Teachers told them not to share - and they didn’t. Younger kid is currently at a CES, also no discussion of MAP scores.

You only need to be in the locally normed 85th percentile for MAP scores to be in the lottery pool. That's not really very high and not enough of an incentive for anyone to cheat. It's really not that special.