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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my dd was younger, she was stuck on a reading level for a while and I asked the teacher about it.  She said she was good at oral reading and discussing the book, but her reading level was constrained by her writing-- the measure for reading level was based on a written response, and her responses weren't meeting the expectation in various ways (I think it was about not writing enough details, etc though I don't recall exactly).  So it could be that the skills tested in MAP-R aren't the same as the skills for reading-level assignment.  It is a good question to ask at the November conferences, along with what skills you can work on to move her up.[/quote]
Regardless of your opinion about your daughters writing ability OP, this is the most likely reason for the current reading level placement. All of my kids were advanced readers and several actual reading levels above their assigned reading group because their analysis skills as demonstrated by their written responses didn't match their reading level. Sure, they were bored by their reading group books, but they had plenty of other reading books at higher levels they read at the same time. It's not going to hurt your daughter to be in the assigned reading group.[/quote]

Actually MAP are comprehensive and widely acclaimed standardized test used nationally and often takes up to an hour. They are proven to provide quantitative and objective metrics. Mclass like C2.0 is another MCPS special. As has been mentioned elsewhere, it is rarely adminstered correctly or thorough. A teacher has a child read a short story and has them answer one or two questions. It is usually completed in under 10 minutes.  Bottom line. MAP is a more reliable measure of student achievement. [/quote]

I have to agree. The SAT is also a multiple choice test. That doesn’t diminish its significance. The MAP-R is an adaptive test that evaluates comprehension and vocabulary as well as anything.  It doesn’t assess writing but I think that’s a different group at least at my kids school. My understanding is even Mclass is supposed to only look at the content not grammar or spelling simply to assess a child’s grasp of the material (comprehension) not their writing. [/quote]

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