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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Are the 4 subscores the same or unbalanced?

Are you [i]sure[/i] your kid doesn't know [i]any[/i]?  Basic geometry ramps up through elementary school. Talented kids can work out higher level problems using their intuition, if they have had exposure to the symbols or get word problems.  Most of the data&statistics topics can be solved totally intuitively as long as you know arithmetic. The 50% "RIT" standard is 50% of the content of the basic non-honors curriculum, which includes review and respin of earlier year content.

Also, due to the "50%" logic, if your kid knows 100% of something and 0% of something else, the scoring algorithm can get confused trying to give a final rating. [/quote]

The sub scores are usually relatively balanced when I’ve seen them. The MAP report doesn’t give the sub scores only “extremely high” or something like that.[/quote]

The teacher/admin can see the subscores and can forward you that report, if desired.  There's a brief that just shows the subscores and a full report that contains specific content suggestions/teaching objectives.  I'm not sure if they are allowed (by NWEA, which produces MAP) to disseminate the latter, but I've seen it.[/quote]

I’m the PP and I’ve seen those in the past and they are not helpful as they essentially say “very high” for everything and do not differentiate or identify any weakness (to the extent that there are weaknesses at 99th percentile +)[/quote]

The detailed report actually does go into that. Unfortunately, teachers rarely if ever share it.[/quote]

Again, I have received the detailed report in the past. There is not enough difference between high scores in all areas to provide anything meaningful. In fact, if I recall correctly, the sections for “areas to focus on” were blank.  [b]Remember this is god a score about 30 points above 99th percentile I believe.[/b][/quote]

not sure what you expect there. the test doesn't have the resolution to provide you with extra fine grained insight.[/quote]

I don’t expect anything. I was just telling the PP why it wasn’t helpful.[/quote]

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