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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So my 4th grader came home and said she got a 246 on her map-r..that means??  new to this...  TIA[/quote]

this may help explain the background.  Map-R are given 3 times a year to help teachers assess student acheivement/growth. As I understand it they are not designed to provide information for parents to use for other purposes which is why the results are not given to parents.  MSA scores are the ones used for federal purposes and thus are sent home.  You really should think of the MAP-R as a regular test your child is given, I think. 
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As a parent, I find MAP-Rs to be far more useful than the MSA results.  MAP-R can assess over many grade levels.  MAP-R scores can also correspond to Lexile scores, which a parent can then use to see what level books might be appropriate for their child.  Performing "advanced" on the MSA doesn't correlate to anything for a student -- it has no meaning for their grades, it provides no useful data for a parent (unless the MSA score is not proficient or above ...)  With the MAP-R score, I found out that my child reads approximately 6 years above grade level.  This definitely made me consider her educational needs in a different light.  In our school, MAP-R scores are given to parents, but not at the beginning of the year -- more like middle.  
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