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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been seeing that state guidance indicated those with a MCAP score of 4 should be accelerated. When will those scores be available for those in 3rd grade? Wouldn't we need them now to be able to advocate for class placement? I think they still have some testing dates coming up though. [/quote]

It’s pretty hard to get a 4 on mcaps. I just pulled up my kid’s most recent report. He did get a 4, and it said only 3 percent of kids in the state did. The school average was just barely a low 3 and it’s a pretty well performing school. This kid has never gotten a MAP score below 99th percentile in his entire life. [/quote]

And that’s about the right percentage of students that should continue being accelerated further.

If kids that were getting 4’s previously start were accelerated and then started getting 3’s, particular in the mid to high range, then they are at the correct level. This is not a decline in math ability or scoring but appropriate leveling.[/quote]

I have a HUGE issue with making acceleration decisions based on one single test/data point. MCPS is terrible about this. This is literally the opposite of adding on and off ramps. It’s closing the highway. [/quote]

No this does not close the highway. Kids who score 4 on MCAP getting guaranteed acceleration shouldn’t mean they are the only ones who receive acceleration. It just means thats one group you know likely needs more acceleration. Some kids who score 3 may be close and should be accelerated and some may need the challenge. That needs to be evaluated by other data points. That said, as all these kids go further along in math, I would expect to see only 3-5% continue to get 4 on MCAP. Meaning most don’t need further acceleration they should remain on their current path.[/quote]

You must be new to MCPS. They won’t look at other data points or do a holistic review to try to get the right placement.

Also, I completely disagree that the MCAP is some amazingly useful and representative test that accurately predicts which students are ready for acceleration. It’s relatively new, written by the state, not nationally used, not adaptive, and hasn’t historically aligned super well with the MCPS curriculum. And it’s being rewritten and our curriculum are also changing. So no, I don’t think that a test with these characteristics is an ideal tool when we have others.

I also disagree that only the top 3 to 5 percent of learners should have the opportunity for acceleration. In a grade of 100 kids you actually only think 3 or 5 kids are working above grade level??! And that the school should give them their own class? [/quote]

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