I wouldn’t worry about it. I’m a teacher and so much depends on how seriously the student is taking the test. For example if the kid rushes through it and doesn’t slow down to try each problem, they’re not going to do well. The test is adaptive so if he/ she already has a high score they’re going to get questions on things the teacher hasn’t covered. If you’re truly concerned then reach out to the teacher to see how he/ she is doing in the material they’re learning in class.

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Anonymous wrote:So many 99% kids on this site. My kids tend to hover in the mid 80s to mid 90s. I guess that’s low in this area. Oh well.

Not at all. They provide the county medians on the sheet.

Not sure how many are 99% percentiles here. My kid dropped from 97th(fall) to 89th(winter). Not sure how that happens, went down so much in 3 months.

Anonymous wrote:So many 99% kids on this site. My kids tend to hover in the mid 80s to mid 90s. I guess that’s low in this area. Oh well.

Not at all. They provide the county medians on the sheet.

So many 99% kids on this site. My kids tend to hover in the mid 80s to mid 90s. I guess that’s low in this area. Oh well.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid was 99th percentile in all areas but had like no growth. Because there is nowhere to grow I guess? I dunno. Makes no sense.

The prediction is always super low for a kid who scores at the high-end. The one that measures growth though is based on the delta in the YoY score in the fall.

That's actually not true -- my kid was 99 percentile and high growth. I had thought that was the case because my first son who was high percentile low growth. But then my other kid got his scores back and I found out otherwise. If it's true that growth score is based on the difference, ie, delta, between year over year score, then this should make sense to you.

DC is usually about 30 points above the 99% and their prediction is always super low like 8 points. They mostly beat it and usually go up 15-20 points. A few times it's been more like 25.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid was 99th percentile in all areas but had like no growth. Because there is nowhere to grow I guess? I dunno. Makes no sense.

The prediction is always super low for a kid who scores at the high-end. The one that measures growth though is based on the delta in the YoY score in the fall.

That's actually not true -- my kid was 99 percentile and high growth. I had thought that was the case because my first son who was high percentile low growth. But then my other kid got his scores back and I found out otherwise. If it's true that growth score is based on the difference, ie, delta, between year over year score, then this should make sense to you.

Anonymous wrote:My kid was 99th percentile in all areas but had like no growth. Because there is nowhere to grow I guess? I dunno. Makes no sense.

The prediction is always super low for a kid who scores at the high-end. The one that measures growth though is based on the delta in the YoY score in the fall.

OP; Thanks everyone; this is helpful.

Not an expert on this but have had a couple mcps kids now, and it seems the growth score is map’s prediction of how fast the student’s map score will rise from period to period. One of my kids is a fast learner from my observation and his growth score happens to be high. They predict his score will rise quickly. Whether that will happen is another matter. So the achievement and growth scores are not necessarily related.

My kid was 99th percentile in all areas but had like no growth. Because there is nowhere to grow I guess? I dunno. Makes no sense.

I wouldn't be as numbers can go up and down, but I'd do the free tutoring in Math and Reading or get some workbooks and work at home if its an ES child.

Child’s achievement score was in the 55%ile but the growth score was only in the 7th%ile! What does this mean? Should I be concerned about what’s going on in the classroom?