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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the Fall test used for criteria based magnets? Or math class placement in 6th grade?[/quote]

huh? you mean for HS?[/quote]

For middle school. TPMS and Eastern.[/quote]

"Criteria based" are the high school magnets like SMCS and CAP. 
The middle school magnets (Eastern and TPMS) are cutoff + lottery. They use Fall and Winter 5th grade MAP scores and grades. [/quote]

The letter today says the review will occur in December 2024. Does that mean it will still consider Winter Map this year? Or is that administered later?[/quote]

For the criteria-based MS magnet lottery, first quarter marks and the fall MAP scores are used (better of fall or prior spring for those in Math 5/6 because of the fact that they now take the 6+ MAP).  Winter MAP-R is considered for 3rd graders related to the lottery for CES (4th & 5th grade program), but not for the MS magnets. It and other 5th-grade scores/grades might be considered by the local MS for math placement in 6th grade, though.[/quote]

Thanks. Do you know if they also consider better of fall or spring MAP for the humanities magnet?[/quote]

My understanding is that it is fall only, since there is only one MAP-R administered for all 5th graders, while there are two MAP-Ms -- those acccelerated in Math 5/6 take the 6+ version and those in grade-level Math 5 take the 3-5 version (which those in 5/6 still were taking last spring).

While average scores across large populations tend to be similar between the two tests (NWEA tries to keep the RIT consistent for continuing comparison) there is some individual variation expected with the higher level questions in the mix.  Taking the same version through the year is best practice for the main purposes of MAP (which are not placement), and this is why the 5/6 students start with the 6+ test in the fall despite not yet getting to 6th-grade instruction.

The solution doesn't result in perfectly apples-to-apples, but at least they have considered some of the affects as they made the change to 6+ (5/6 students took the 3-5 version until a couple of years ago).[/quote]

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