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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]> Interesting that 314 for 7th, 324 for 8th, but the highest recorded MAP-M for Spring of 6th was 288. Big jump between 6th and 7th.

Based on my kid's score and what questions they remembered but didn't understand (280, and didn't know volume of a cone or sin/cosine), I suspect that jump is kid(s) learning Geometry in summer or fall after 6th grade, and then hitting the soft max score.

See https://www.nwea.org/resource-center/resource/map-growth-rit-reference-charts/

As I read that chart, math MAP-M *content* basically stops at RIT =  250-260, which is high school geometry. Similar to SAT: no Algebra 2, Precalc, or Calculus.

I think the MAP scoring system assigns the score at the RIT level where the student gets 50% correct of the questions at that level, after the "adaptive" process at the beginning of the test finds the "50%" level.

Now, students who know all the algebra and geometry and stats in the content, will get more than 50% correct at the highest level RIT content, so they get even higher scores (like a 2500-level chess player playing 2000-level opponents). They get 260+ scores, perhaps by fitting their percentile to the overall bell curve (which is mean=214-224 std.deviation = 16-19pts, for grades 6-8, nationally.)

https://sites.google.com/view/nweapercentilecalculator

By that guess, the so-called "300 club" in 8th grade is about 4 std.dev above mean, which ks about 99.995%ile nationally, 5/100K, the tier that would be getting sports scholarships to NCAA D1 colleges if they were grade 12 and this was football instead of math ;-)

The MAP system has max score of 350, but it's not necessary possible for any student to ever get that score. 
tps://nwea.force.com/nweaconnection/s/article/Is-there-a-max-RIT-score-a-student-can-get?language=en_US

I'd guess it requires getting every question right, perhaps at a very young age,
and perhaps for multiple test sessions, if the test's adaptiveness affects the starting difficulty based on previous test sessions.
 ht

Remember, NWEA MAP is designed for measuring individual progress ("Growth") toward the goal of college readiness in math knowledge/ability (and language skills). I think 235 is passing "Algebra 1" for MCPS HS diploma, and 260 to 290+ is (maybe?) basic to strong competence in Geometry.

If your kid is growing toward that goal, they are doing well. There is so much to learn that is not even on that test at all, both outside and inside of math. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself. Please be kind to yourself and to each other. :-)

(P.S. Everyone's opinions and feelings about equity and bias and SES and wealth and outside enrichment are valid concerns. But no one benefits from comments triggering fights and factual disputes in tangential topic threads. Please make dedicated threads for political discussions, and link to them from other threads if appropriate, without derailing the main topic of a thread. Thank you.)[/quote]

Reasonable advice..[/quote]

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