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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]thank you! this is helpful, but only goes to 220 or something. what do difficult questions look like?[/quote]

There are no difficult questions on the MAP. It is a test of basic grade level math. There are higher grade level questions on the MAP.

Be aware that level 220 material means "if you get half of these questions correct, you'll get a score of 220".

It's the same as main math content through Algebra 2 / Integrated Math 3(including statistics modules)

230+ is prealgrebra
235+ is algebra 1
245+ is high school geometry
~255+ is algebra 2

Your score is the level where you get 50% correct.
So if you know 100% of algebra and 50% of Algebra  2, you'll get a score around 260.

https://www.khanacademy.org/math

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Where did you get those numbers from? My kid got 270 at the start of 6th and not only is unfamiliar with algebra 2, but certainly doesn’t know all of algebra 1, or likely, any geometry.[/quote]

On the 6-8 MAP-M, MCPS uses 250 as a benchmark for being Algebra ready. 275 indicates a solid grasp of Algebra. 285 indicates a solid grasp of geometry and 300 for Algebra 2. You see problems involving polynomials and trig in the 290s. The test used for grades 2-5 is different and honestly Khan Academy ceases to function well over about 225.[/quote]

Maybe they use those scores as benchmarks for students/families seeking to skip grades?

From the most recent norms on a national scale, a median student at the end of [i]10th[/i] grade scores 232.  Geometry would be the baseline course for that grade, "ready" for [i]Algebra 2[/i] in the next, though one certainly could debate whether US math education results in true readiness.  250 would be 80th percentile.  Though the content of MAP is related to common core, a portion of the student scores filtering into the norms presumably would come from those in a grade taking a more advanced track.  300 is above the 99th percentile mark [i]for the end of 12th grade[/i] (291).

Is there an NWEA article or the like to which you could point us that suggests those readiness standards/content mappings to RIT score ranges, or do you think, perhaps, that MCPS arrived at their own standards independently?[/quote]

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