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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If this is really a move to use MAP testing as the measure of reading progress and drop burdensome and subjective teacher assessments, this is a good thing.  [/quote] Since reading level can be inferred by MAP-R score which is updated 3 times a year already that’s my take. Perhaps the kids will also be less focused on level too. [/quote]

But does this mean that teachers will be even further distanced from their students? They learn more about their students’ abilities when doing individual assements with them than they do by just looking over classroom MAP scores, don’t they? [/quote]

What I've seen at a W feeder indicates otherwise. These assessments are anything but thorough. Teachers are hard pressed to process 25-30 students as quickly as possible. This also takes significant from classroom time. The tests are almost never done consistently from one teacher to the next. I have far more faith in a more comprehensive and standardized test like the MAP-R.[/quote]

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