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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the rationale for having both MCAP and MAP?  I've googled around to try to understand what each test covers, but didn't find anything that compares the two?  [/quote]

MCAP provides a snapshot of a student's mastery of Maryland state learning standards.  Averages are used as part of the school's "report card."

MAP is more generic (i.e., not MD-specific) and provides a series of comparable snapshots of a student's mastery of material (with some commonalities, but not state standards per se) over time.  In adition to that trend and comparative scoring (national percentile provided), subdomains of knowledge are assessed, allowing a more individualized/nuanced understanding of a student's strengths and weaknesses.  Where a teacher might have time to do so (uncertain, and highly variable among schools & classrooms) this can assist in "honing" or differentiating a lesson so as better to meet educational need.[/quote]

If MCAP is important enough relative to MAP to take away active learning time from our kids, why can't parents see the results?[/quote]

That is an excellent question.  A short time to ensure all across the school system (or state) have taken it and any anomalies handled, sure, but there's really no reason to have the information in the state/school systems' hands exclusively from that point, and good reason to provide students/caregivers with more actionable feedback.[/quote]

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