Reply to If 8th grader didn't pass Alg 1 MCAP after VL

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "If 8th grader didn't pass Alg 1 MCAP after VL"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, check the MAP-M score. Should be 280+ for a student already in Algebra 2 who passed Alg 1 and Geom.

Also do Khan Academy quizzes as a check. [/quote]
A score of 280+ for ANY 9th grader is in the top 99.7% according to NWEA's RIT scoring.[/quote]

99.7% of 9th graders don't demonstrate mastery of Algebra and Geometry.

OP mentioned[b] 266, which is somewhere above 50% of Algebra 1 + Geometry course question[/b]s, but not near 100%.  OP also mentioned getting some B's in Alg 2. (OP didn't say Honors, but I presume it was. If not, it's even more.ofna concern.
280 might be a bit high for this level; it's hard to say because NWEA doesn't publish guidance on interpreting scores above 260. Those scores just means increasingly more than 50% correct on the hardest Algebra and Geometry questions.

OP's DC might struggle in Precalculus and Calculus, as many students do, even in &gt;95%ile cohort.  Getting B's while being in an advanced track is risky. [/quote]
OP here.. ok, so the bolded is interesting, and this is what I'm wondering about MAP, and why I'd like to get my hands on an actual Alg. test.  I guess I'll go on amazon to see if I can find something.

266 is 95%ile, for a 9th grader, but that only means ~50% Alg content?  Now, I'm questioning high MAP scores.

There seems to be a specific MAP Alg test.

https://www.nwea.org/resource-center/fact-sheet/52326/2022-Norms-for-MAP-Growth-course-specific-tests-in-algebra-1-2-geometry_NWEA_onesheet.pdf/

Why doesn't MCPS just use that? How do I get my hands on this test?[/quote]

MCAP is a new test the state created a year or two ago. MCPS only gives it to fulfill legal requirements. MCPS doesn't use it especially because they're still working out the bugs. If you want to understand MAP scores, here's a link to a site that makes it easy, https://sites.google.com/view/nweapercentilecalculator

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics