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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The sad thing about using MAP for placement is that MAP is based on knowledge, not intelligence.  If your kid wasn't accelerated informally (by being in a high math group) in 3rd grade, they simply won't recognize concepts  needed to score high on the MAP.

This was my kid.  One of the youngest in the grade and so a bit less 'ready' in second and third.  Mid to low math group. Scored borderline for compacted math on the MAP.  And then once in compacted math, she did well in the class and her MAP soared.  (Because she was exposed to the material before being tested on it.). [/quote]

Math is math. Smart kids can figure out how to solve problems that they have never been taught.  MAP is an untimed, adaptive test where smart, interested students can spend as long as they want solving hard problems. This is officially documented by NWEA the creators of MAP. 
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When kids are quick to learn math concepts and enjoy them, they easily get ahead of peers in K-2, especially if they had a lot of early exposure to number concepts through early play (blocks, legos, cooking, counting, etc.)

What hasn’t been mentioned yet is that the MAP-M itself exposes advanced kids to even more advanced concepts. [b]Motivated[/b] kids have enough access to technology (math games, khan Academy, etc) that they can figure out the “new” thing on their own or they ask about it. I remember when my 3rd grader asked me about the question with a little number 2 in the upper right and I explained that it meant the number times itself. That was all it took to learn exponents. [/quote]

Now isn't that just precious with its virtue signaling.

All you need is to be smart and you'll figure it out!  Everyone has the same resources!  Keep the myth alive![/quote]
+1  Combined with the true belief that their child is special at math.  (P.S. Most kids will understand concepts like  exponents if explained to them--that's the point of why extra exposure at home or in enrichment classes makes it much easier to score higher).[/quote]

The point, and it's quite suggestive that you can't see the point, is that you don't need this. 85%ile or qualifying for Compacted Math isn't about "exposure" to some arcane concept or language. If you (the kid) go to school and do your homework and ace your on-level tests, you are well able 85% ile / Compacted Math qualification. We are talking about a program for onboarding to slight acceleration, not skipping 2-3 years ahead. [/quote]

Different poster, but are you sure that's true?  Is [url=https://cdn.nwea.org/docs/MAP+Growth+Grades+2-5+to+Khan+Academy.pdf]this info on topics by score level[/url] inaccurate?  Because what they have for the 191-200 and 201-210 bands includes a lot of stuff that isn't taught in Eureka Math until late 3rd grade or beyond-- fractions (including multiplying fractions), decimals, multi-digit multiplication and division (including remainders), area, perimeter, angles, variables, prime numbers, etc.[/quote]

+1  It's additional exposure, not genius.  With my older kid I did much more supplementation at home, and their math scores showed it.  With my younger one, I haven't had the time, and their math scores show it.  It's too bad that people conflate MAP scores with being gifted in math and that MCPS makes placement decisions based upon it.   This is not what MAP was designed to do.[/quote]

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