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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you looking at the correct MAP score? They use the fall one, not the most recent.

I’m sure if you contact them they will explain that you are wrong and tell you why your kid actually didn’t meet the criteria.[/quote]

Fall MAP (and the prior Spring Math MAP, for some) is used for the criteria-based MS magnets.  CES, though relying on a similar paradigm, uses Winter MAP.[/quote]

So, they use WINTER MAP only to determine  for 3rd grader going into 4th grade CES lottery pool placement? 99% or 95% minimum?

How about for language & literacy? What is the minimum score? I have a will be 3rd grader in the fall. Thanks.[/quote]

Agree about seeking recent topics, as this gets discussed a lot, but want to answer the question posed (at least as far as I understand).

The centrally reviewed CES lottery pool criteria include grades, reading level and MAP-R score.  (Those meeting the criteria but not selected by lottery are supposed to be guaranteed local literacy enrichment/ELC, but schools may make that available to others as they might independently identify need outside of the central review.)  The MAP RIT score percentile that you see on the report is the national percentile, and the lottery pool cutoff is based on two factors:

1) MCPS assigns elementary schools to five FARMS-rate tranches.  Effectively, the top 15% of scores within each tranche qualify, which, it is hoped, reflects higher levels of learning given similar challenge (the assumption being that it is more challenging to absorb material in an environment where teaching effort might differentially be allocated towards those needing a base curriculum or remedial focus; they're trying to include highly able students who didn't get high level exposure).  In the low-FARMS tranche, generally with large cohorts of high-scoring students, that may be 97th %ile nationally while it may be much lower in the high-FARMS tranche.  MCPS provided this information only once in response to a public info request, and it was a few years back; those "85th percentile local norms" can change each year, depending on that year's scores among the students.

2) If an individual student is "receiving services" -- an IEP, a 504 accommodation, is designated as EML and/or receives FARMS -- a lower (presumably 70th) percentile local norm (by FARMS tranche, as above) is the cutoff.  Again, the assumption is that those receiving services face greater difficulty, and they want to allow for highly able students whose score may not reflect that ability as it [i]might[/i] for others who do not require the services.

Not all who make the MAP cutoff meet the grade & reading level criteria and vice-versa.  The criteria might also change -- there have been minor adjustments over the past 3 years, and MCPS is reviewing certain aspects this year.[/quote]

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