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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People, the MAP test is adaptive so her child is getting above-grade level content. It's not the same as a child scoring at a "6th grade level" on a fixed 1st grade test.

Now that that's settled what a MAP P score shows is  complicated. There are three versions with the MAP-P, the lowest version, only having content going up to a certain grade. The version is used for K-2nd but the content goes slightly higher but not up to 6th.[/quote]

Teacher here. You are correct that there is a primary version of MAP. Your child is not taking the late elementary or middle grades version. Again, your child scored on the test the same way an 6th grader would, if he were taking the primary version of MAP. I hate when tests give grade level equivalents as this leads to a lot of confusion for parents, and it's not useful information for teachers either. The RIT score itself is much more helpful.

OP is this your child's first time taking MAP? It is important to look at the trend line over time. Often a child will score very high and then receive a lower score the next time, as the questions will start out very difficult due to the prior high score. In my experience the truly gifted children tackle these tough problems and maintain a score in the 99th percentile. These are the children who are in the total replacement math program in my district, and they account for about 5-10% of the class. There are other kids who tend to fluctuate between the 94th and 99th percentile, and those tend to be the classic high achievers or kids who are just doing well in math...bright, not gifted. There are many children like this in my high performing district. There are also kids whose trends are between the 80th and 99th percentiles, and this is pretty rare (maybe 5-10 percent of kids?). From what I have seen kids like this are more likely to hit those high percentiles in the younger grades.

OP, your child is bright. If you want to pursue outside testing, fine. If I were you I would just wait and see what his trend looks like over time. Enrich him at home. Hopefully his teachers are appropriate, engaging math and reading experiences as well. [/quote]

OP this seems like good information to explain the MAP score- I'm the pp who encouraged you to review the Davidson website and to consider IQ testing of you truly feel your child is unchallenged or are seeing signs of giftedness beyond academic- advanced reasoning, problem solving, and creativity beyond what is expected. The WISC V is what my DS took. It's a good test to measure cognitive abilities and performance- it can provide a lot of valuable information going forward. 
These achievement tests are confusing because they can seem to be above grade level tests, or have stifling ceilings for very bright kids (perhaps your DC hit the ceiling?). The only truly above grade level tests are those designed for older kids and taken by younger kids. I mentioned earlier that the ACT is an example- JHU requires the the SCAT for their CTY program. I believe this is an above grade level test. 
The Woodcock Johnson and the WIAT  is an adaptive test and I don't think there are limits. My son is a bit of a math whiz kid and was tested on some high level material, many years ahead of grade, before he finally topped out in this test. Profoundly gifted programs/schools may use the Woodcock Johnson or WIAT or EXPLORE achievement as one form of admittance eligibility- but they do not use the MAP perhaps because of the ceilings cited by the pp. 
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Thanks for all the info.  I regret confusing things by even referencing the entire grade level ahead issue.  Kid did not take the K-2 test.  I think it's 2-7? (Teacher decided to use the higher version - I understand there is overlap). I don't think more tests is the answer right now (unless and until she is unhappy or not learning), but there is some useful insight and suggestions on this thread.  It's more a concern for the future, middle school in particular, but perhaps things will even out and she will continue to have excellent teachers.  Happy to hear that there are so many other kids who can do long multiplication/division of numbers in the millions +, multiply fractions, calculate area, probability, percentages, square root, add, subtract and multiply negative numbers etc. at age 7.  Hopefully she'll meet them one day. Thanks.[/quote]

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