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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MIRL and these other tests that have been constantly administered are often done incorrectly because teachers have to process so many students in little time. More often than not they just rubber stamp kids to the next level on the achievement escalator. The result is kids who can read higher are often marked lower. This set of standards takes up valuable class time and harms more often than it helps. Overall this is a huge step in the right direction. Consistent standardized tests like MAP-R are signfiicantly more helpful.[/quote]

Giving a student a running record (MIRL) doesn't take that long.  In fact, you can do a couple of kids from each reading group daily and easily be done by the end of the month to input the data.  It's the data entry that was a killer.  I agree that MAPs provide a great deal of information.  I sure wish the curriculum aligned better with the questions asked of students on MAP testing.  K to 2 will be giving kids the MAP-RF test for the first time this year.  They have to give it the same months as mClass so that's quite a bit of testing for 5 to 8 year olds. I'm thinking they might be phasing out mClass in the future and replace it with MAP-RF since it's completely computer scored and doesn't require sub time for a teacher to complete.[/quote]

That would be an improvement. mClass takes so much time and it just isn't possible to be thorough. They typically base it on a single story for a level instead of several and teachers being human aren't as consistent in their methods. [/quote]

Less pointless testing sounds like a welcome change. WTG MCPS![/quote]

wait what? MAP tests for K, 1 and 2 now?  Does that mean their cutting social studies to do more computer class clicking training?  Are MAps like 2-3 times a year?[/quote]

Yes, it's awesome. Instead of taking up 2 weeks of teacher time at the beginning, middle and end of each year your kid now takes a test for one hour twice a year. That means more time for education! Also the test is far more thorough and consistently administered than random mess that was mclass/mirl.[/quote]

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