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[quote=Anonymous][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]

That's because MCPS is incorrect in focusing so heavily on using MAP for G&T identification and magnet eligibility, particularly since they give kids COGAT testing (which is a test for G&T) and do absolutely nothing with that data.  MAP is not age normed, the way COGAT is, giving red-shirted kids an advantage, as well as those who take the test later in the school year.   MAP is a test of exposure that can be easily gamed by prepping.

I would assume that most teachers prefer to do testing as soon as possible after school begins so that there's a big jump post summer slide when it comes time to do winter testing and also so they have accurate information on student performance against standards.

That's not aligned with the PP above's goal of having more time for their kid to score higher for magnet selection etc. but that's because MCPS isn't using MAP for its intended purpose.[/quote]

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