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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MAP scores are absolutely not the right measurement. Why? Because kids can take their own time doing it.  The schools are pushing URM students  to take days to finish their MAP exams and then they show their scores as a proof that these kids are equally competitive as someone who has done it in a timed manner in a few hours.  Sorry, but they are doing no group any favors by doing so.

The URMs continue to be academically underachieving because no one really wants to really solve the unsolvable. The magnet programs has provided the big distraction from the issue of underachievement of URMs.  Achievement gap will continue to grow even if magnet programs will eventually come to an end. This is very interesting times because these kids will be entering the workforce not able to  cope because they really do not have the skills.

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Do you even know how MAP M test is graded. True that there’s not much time limit so to say but if a student does not answer the question right, the next question is easier and there’s a drop in the MAP M score. So how goes it help so called URM who in your theory take their sweet time to solve the same question as your high scoring non urm snowflake. BTW, a w parent with a very high performing magnet DC.[/quote]

Not the PP, but just playing the devil's advocate: theoretically it is possible to improve MAP-M scores if a student is allowed to, as the PP says, "take days to finish.." For any question that stumps the student,  he or she can discuss the concept with an adult and then come back to complete it ... :D javascript:emoticon(':D');

But I have personally never heard of kids being allowed to take days to finish the test.[/quote]

There is no time limit on the test, and I personally know of students who take extra days.  There is always someone whose Chrome Book doesn't work.  Once kids get into Middle School, many schools have shorter class periods (45 minutes) and by the time there is intro, set up, log in, etc., children are left with 30 minutes per session and may need more time.  Often, kids have issues that would be the basis for a time accommodation in timed tests, but in MAP it just gets pushed to extra days.  The test resets after 28 days, though, so if you miss the deadline you have to start again at the beginning.

Scrap papers have to be turned in, though, so anyone who wanted to boost their score by learning mathematical concepts while the test was in progress would have to have a good memory![/quote]

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