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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, op, the kids can retake the test - just email your kid's teacher and say you want her to retake it and why.[b] I did that once when my dc's map-r score was sognificantly different lower than the prior test[/b] - I wanted to know if it was an off day or if there was an issue.

I never understand why posters bother to respond when they know they are not answering the question as the op intended it ... To the pp's, what you are described ng is not retaking the test, it is taking it again at the next planned test date. [/quote]

Somewhat OT, but how did you even find out that the score was lower??  We don't get the scores sent home at our school.  Does your school send home MAP-R scores?  [/quote]

My DC mentioned the re-test.  I regularly make FERPA requests for MAP scores.  Our school doesn't give them out, but under FERPA, if you write a letter requesting an educational record (like a MAP test score) then the school system is obligated to provide it to you by law.  I also requested the special sub-score breakdowns that are available to teachers.  The school had to provide it.  I also asked the school system to provide a record of the 1st test, but they claimed that they could not do that because the "computer system" forced them to overwrite the re-test score so that the original score could no longer be seen.

After that, I wrote a letter asking the school did not have my consent to re-test my child without informing me first and providing me a copy of the record of the pre-re-test score.

The school system tested DC 5 times and only once did DC score higher (in the middle of the year).  4 out of 5 scores showed less than the required increase.  1 score showed a great increase, so much so that I asked my child about it.  DC reported that some of the questions were the same, so maybe that's why DC did better.  School kept working that one increase even though it was followed by significantly lower scores over the next year.  School kept insisting that that one higher score was the accurate one and showed they were teaching adequately.  I finally just gave up and withdrew our child for a private SN school.

This was in MCPS BTW.  [/quote]

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