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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What MAP-R level is supposed to be above grade level?  [/quote]

It depends on the FARMS rate of the school, but it varies between 92% and 60% roughly.[/quote]

That's the litmus for that criterion within the criteria for being in the lottery pool.  Reading level is determined by teaxhers, independent of MAP-R scores.  The lexile range reported on MAP-R might give an indication, but is separate from reading level given on a report card, which then becomes one of the 4 criteria for either the math/science/computer science pool (minimum on-grade-level) or the humanities pool (must have above-grade-level).

Like many things MCPS, the exact paradigm for determining reading level is shrouded.[/quote]

It's not shrouded at all. There was a well-documented process at least a few years ago. The problem is it isn't all that comprehensive or reliable. For example, one of my kid's teachers said the kid was at the same level the previous year's teacher said, even though they read a tremendous amount over the summer. I had them assessed independently and brought that back to the school. The school agreed to have the reading specialist reevaluate them and discovered the kid was around ten levels higher than their previous assessment. My point is it isn't an exact process, so you need to stay on top of it.[/quote]

If it isn't an exact process (no link available to standards for determining reading level), then it [i]is[/i] shrouded.  Parents should have insight to how their kids are assessed without having to jump through hoops.  Fortunate tohave the time/resources for advocacy, but what happens to kids whose parents aren't in that situation?  It's one of the several ways that MCPS is blind to true equity...[/quote]

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