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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You people are nuts.

Map-M third grade fall score of 218 is beginning of 99th percentile.  240 is a very high score.

1% of 12,000 students per grade is 120 students in the county scoring above 218.  We have 137 elementary schools.  Assuming that all students in the 99th percentile are in 25% of the schools means there are only 3-4 kids per grade in the higher performing schools scoring in the 99th percentile which is 218.  240 for the third grade fall Map-M is high probability of being the highest score for the grade in the school.[/quote]

But my DC got 242 in Map-m and several of her friends got 230+ so we do feel like lots of kids got 99%. She's in grade 2.[/quote]

A whole bunch of kids in second grade are not scoring 230+ on the second grade fall map-m.  205 is the beginning of 99th percentile for second grade fall map-m.

That is nonsense.

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Somebody is lying. If this were true, there would be several hundred 300+ kids in 8th. In reality there is no more than two dozen.[/quote]

Actually, it could be true. MAP measures exposure, not intelligence.

It's not THAT hard for a 3rd grader to be exposed to and comprehend 5th grade math to the extent that they could perform on a standardized test. At that point, it's mostly a matter of rote memorization. It's much harder for an 8th grader to be exposed to and comprehend calculus. Moreover, we know from extensive studies that "giftedness" in early elementary is not necessarily a predictor of academic success down the road, since content is more coachable at that age. [/quote]

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