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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child is in fifth grade and taking compacted math. He took the grade 6 map test this week. Does anyone know how this will affect placement into middle school magnets? How will they compare those who took the 6th grade test against those who took the 5th grade test?[/quote]

Last I knew, they based selection on local norms, so they'd be competing against kids who took the same test.[/quote]

That's not how the local norms work. Schools are divided into "tiers" and the test scores are normed by tier. I believe the FOIA request from the MCCPTA turned up a document that showed 5 tiers.

To answer OP's question, I was a little surprised that the kids were taking the 6+ test this year, but given that MAP is an exposure-based test, those kids had a big advantage out of the starting block. There is substantial overlap between the two tests, however. For your average high achieving student not doing outside instruction, it won't make a difference in score. For the kids doing extensive math outside school, it will allow them to have a higher "ceiling." [/quote]

Yes, that is how local norms work, and for at least high-scoring kids the scores drop 10-20 points when they go to the higher test so lucky they use local norms.[/quote]

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