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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC, a current TPMS magnet 8th grader, has been spending  a lot more time on non-magnet courses (Spanish and English) than magnet courses (math, computer and sciences).

Here is DC's data

MAP-M down 7 points from 5th Spring to 8th Fall
MAP-R up 16 points from 5th Spring to 8th Fall

I believe DC has benefited a lot more from non-magnet courses than magnet courses.     [/quote]

Why do you think that is? Is the math class too easy for your child?[/quote]

NP my guess is that you max out around 240-250 on MAP Math. There was probably more room for growth with the MAP-R.[/quote]

Map M won’t max out at 240-250. A lot of kids score 290+. That’s where the true plateau is.

Map R usually max out around 250 at the end of elementary school, and has more room to go.

The max RIT score for both map m and map r is 350.[/quote]

Why don’t you google it? This isn’t true. The test administrators themselves consider 250s to be a top score. Sure you can score higher but 1) 350 is not possible and 2) anything above 250 is considered maxing out.[/quote]

You are incorrect.  See this information on the NWEA website (the makers of the MAP test): https://nwea.jiveon.com/docs/DOC-1651
YOu may have been looking at information from the MAP tests for lower grades (K-2 or 2-5).  Here's a slightly older document with some information about maximum scores: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1nA_PlvjvwFTi5vMwRxlfmmVUJo63pfwn67ZAMHaV4oU
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The document you are citing is one of the ones I looked at to prove my point.[/quote]

My 5th grader scored 296 on winter map-m, and had scored greater than 260 since second grade. I read somewhere that the maximum is 300 or 310 for map-m.[/quote]

Amazing scores. From personal experience, however, prepare for a score drop next year. The MAP scores do go as high as that, but become unstable as your child reaches the ceiling of their current version. Those documents show the MAP M 2-5 maxing out in the mid 200’s, and once your child scores above that, the results are inaccurate... they will have many subjects on their MAP M 6+ next year that were not on the MAP 2-5. And those high scores will be accurate until your child reaches 300 on the MAP M 6+.[/quote]

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