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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The sad thing about using MAP for placement is that MAP is based on knowledge, not intelligence.  If your kid wasn't accelerated informally (by being in a high math group) in 3rd grade, they simply won't recognize concepts  needed to score high on the MAP.

This was my kid.  One of the youngest in the grade and so a bit less 'ready' in second and third.  Mid to low math group. Scored borderline for compacted math on the MAP.  And then once in compacted math, she did well in the class and her MAP soared.  (Because she was exposed to the material before being tested on it.). [/quote]

Math is math. Smart kids can figure out how to solve problems that they have never been taught.  MAP is an untimed, adaptive test where smart, interested students can spend as long as they want solving hard problems. This is officially documented by NWEA the creators of MAP. [/quote]

Check deeper into the site.  Their own evidence says the results are influenced by exposure.  Their own guidance says not to use MAP as a gate to GT programming, instead using it to [i]support[/i] decisions more principally based on at least one ability-focused metric.[/quote]

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