MAP Score - 5th Grade

[Anonymous]

Lay it on me DCUM, fairly new to the area and my kid scored a 239 on reading and 231 on math just now for MAP. No prep/extra outside of school tutoring and generally above average student but nothing too spectacular.

How are those scores? Are we out of the running for magnet MS (not that interested but curious)? Is my kid doomed for failure? Give me those spicy comments

[Anonymous]

You should start deciding which McDonald's your kid should apply for

[Anonymous]

Here is the 2020 Norms information: https://teach.mapnwea.org/impl/NormsTables.pdf

A 231 on math is 92nd percentile; 239 in reading is 98th percentile. Those don't put you out of the running for magnet middle, but there will definitely be kids with higher scores (especially for math). A lot will depend on your home middle school and the cohort of students there.

[Anonymous]

Where do we find their MAP scores? Are they on parentvue somewhere?

[Anonymous]

OP here - My kid got it at the end of her test and just showed me.

We are in a W feeder school so I'm guessing it's going to be unlikely that my kid gets into a magnet MS.

[Anonymous]

The MathSci magnet kids usually have 10 or 20 points on math above the 99th %ile score in Math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - My kid got it at the end of her test and just showed me.

We are in a W feeder school so I'm guessing it's going to be unlikely that my kid gets into a magnet MS.

If you're not at a CES even if you're at a W-feeder school, that increases your chance vastly.

[Anonymous]

OP here - any thoughts on the Eastern humanities program? That's the only one we would probably consider. DD is a strong reader but weaker on writing. DD does love history and humanities subject in general but given her age a good teacher can sway her easily to another direction I'm sure.

She did much better than what I was expecting on MAP given the whole virtual testing lol given the level of effort I was seeing on her other virtual assignments.

[Anonymous]

Great scores but mine had much higher math and did not get in.

[Anonymous]

There is absolutely no harm in applying for the MS Magnets with those scores. The test they will take for that (CogAT) is going to be more heavily weighted. The MAP scores aren't too different from what my children scored in 5th grade and they both were accepted to Eastern.

With this year being so weird, comparisons to old scores are likely to be not as predictive anyway. No harm in trying for it and then moving on from there.

I told my kids, "If you get in, great! If you don't, we'll make sure you have more extracurriculars to keep you busy/challenged."

I will say that my older kid had friends who didn't get into any of the MS Magnets that then got into exciting HS Magnets.

[Anonymous]

Unless the magnet exam score is way above the rest of the class, given you’re in a good district, and with these MAP scores, there’s no chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - My kid got it at the end of her test and just showed me.

We are in a W feeder school so I'm guessing it's going to be unlikely that my kid gets into a magnet MS.

If you're not at a CES even if you're at a W-feeder school, that increases your chance vastly.

Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - My kid got it at the end of her test and just showed me.

We are in a W feeder school so I'm guessing it's going to be unlikely that my kid gets into a magnet MS.

If you're not at a CES even if you're at a W-feeder school, that increases your chance vastly.

Why?

Because preference is given to the families of kids on the rich side of town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is absolutely no harm in applying for the MS Magnets with those scores. The test they will take for that (CogAT) is going to be more heavily weighted. The MAP scores aren't too different from what my children scored in 5th grade and they both were accepted to Eastern.

With this year being so weird, comparisons to old scores are likely to be not as predictive anyway. No harm in trying for it and then moving on from there.

I told my kids, "If you get in, great! If you don't, we'll make sure you have more extracurriculars to keep you busy/challenged."

I will say that my older kid had friends who didn't get into any of the MS Magnets that then got into exciting HS Magnets.

You don't apply anymore. My kid had much higher scores and was waitlisted Eastern and turned down for Takoma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - My kid got it at the end of her test and just showed me.

We are in a W feeder school so I'm guessing it's going to be unlikely that my kid gets into a magnet MS.

If you're not at a CES even if you're at a W-feeder school, that increases your chance vastly.

This is not true. I think what you are trying to claim is that if you are not at a school that houses a CES.