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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you just cling to those high MAP scores like they’re absolute evidence of your child being gifted. The MAP is an imperfect test and wasn’t designed for this application. It is preppable *by design*. The COGAT is only slightly better! (Here is just some evidence: over 15% of MCPS kids tested in the Top percentile nationally.) MCPS officials are wading through murky waters. Without administering WISC tests to thousands of students this is the best they can do. They are identifying hundreds of kids as high performers. Yes, it was easier to get your kid accepted when all you had to do was ask for testing and compete against a couple hundred other kids. But universal testing is actually turning up kids who are equally bright *and have no peer group at their home middle school*. That’s a good thing to capture. He is more deserving than your high MAP kid—good gravy![/quote]

A high map score is a premier indicator of prepping because it shows exposure to concepts not taught in school. It's absolutely not about aptitude or giftedness. [/quote]

You can say this all you want but it's not true. I know several kids who take RSM or Dr. Li's classes and their Map scores lower than other bright kids who don't do outside classes. You are correct it isn't designed to measure giftedness like the Cogat. It's more like the SAT. So you can prep all you want but if a child doesn't have a certain aptitude the scores will not go up very much.[/quote]

Maybe.  But mostly, those who prep have higher MAP scores than similarly capable kids who don't.[/quote]

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