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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone feel the parents are a bit neurotic about MAP tests? I am one of them. If we were okay with whatever score our kids got and whatever class they were in there would be so much less stress in our lives..[/quote]

Yes, I am neurotic about it because I want my kid to get into compacted math. [/quote]

Why would you want your kid to get into a class if they aren't ready for it? The test will help place the kid in the class that is right for the kid. [/quote]

You clearly have no idea what the MAP actually tests. It’s not a math aptitude test at all. It tests whether a student has been exposed to and mastered math concepts. An incredibly smart 3rd grader with huge potential who is doing only grade-level work in school and not getting any enrichment at all outside of school to concepts that go beyond this grade level work will not score as high as a kid who is ok at math but whose parents have drilled multiplication and division facts, decimals, fractions, units of measure etc. at a 4th and 5th grade level outside of school. Kid A is more than ready for compacted math. Much more so than Kid B in many respects. But without extra studying, that won’t bear itself out in MAP scores. [/quote]

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