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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids have MAP testing this week.  There has barely been any time to review with only a week back at school.  Why is it happening so early?[/quote]
Whatever do you think there is to review? It’s not a standardized test, it’s adaptive to see where kids are at. The sooner the better so teachers can plan around kids current skills, not old/missing information.[/quote]

That's what NWEA [i]designed[/i] MAP to do, so you're right on that front (though it [i]is[/i] standardized, just adaptive, too).

But MCPS [i]also[/i] uses it [i]not[/i] as designed, but for GT identification and magnet eligibility/selection, where best practice for such would use it as an ancillary support in a heuristic manner, subsidiary in importance to a more ability-related measure.

So the importance for MCPS students not only is the more targeted teaching it may offer, but their access to enrichment.  Students deserve to be able to put their best foot forward, and that requires notice to ensure a good night's sleep, understanding of the access import (for those MAP test periods utilized) to encourage attention, etc.  On top of that, schools electing to administer MAP later in the window ensure an amount of review/learning in class that students at schools testing earlier in the window don't get.[/quote]

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