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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again - Do all kids regardless of advanced placement take the same MAP-M in 6th grade? Or does it vary depending on what track they are on - regular, AMP, AIM?[/quote]

All kids in all grades take the same MAP test.  There is only one test.  The only difference is at what point in the range of questions / difficulty the student starts at.  The student starts at the exact point where they ended their test the previous time. [/quote]

OP here. Thank you for explaining. DC said something about a 6+ test? Does that mean all grades 6 and above take the same test?

And if my kid improved by just 1 point since Fall (Fall and Spring scores were same), doesn't that mean there is no improvement?

DC was in compacted Math in 5th. I guess DC took a different test then and got 260 and now its a different test ad still getting 260?[/quote]

There is only one test.  If it is 6 , 7, 8 just means they will be using grade 6, 7, 8 ranges for percentiles.

If the score increase 1 point over the last 3 tests then that means the kid didn't learn anything new over that time.  They will start the spring test where they finished the winter test.  [/quote]

Please, please stop posting uninformed misleading garbage.

There are 2 different MAP tests for 3-5 and 6+, with different question banks. The scoring attempts to be seamless but that’s not truly possible, and there are large error ranges built into the scores.[/quote]

+ 1. My kid is in 5th grade compacted math currently and this is the info the teacher gave at parent teacher night. The 5/6 kids took the 6+ test this year and will continue to do so. So that’s what your 6th grader is taking also. The regular 5 class took the 3-5 test. (FYI there’s also a separate K-2 test.)

What you don’t know, OP, is which test your kid took last year in 5th. If he took the regular 5 and now is taking 6+, you’d expect a drop or not much improvement. If he took 6+ both years, well, at least you know he is still scoring high. Even without much improvement he is still consistently high and that’s good. [/quote]

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