Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some schools are better with posting testing schedule. MAP usually after MCAP.

MAP after 9th grade is unnecessary. It should go away.

It does, no? Haven't heard of any post-8th-grade HS tests.

9th graders are taking MAP this year.

Anonymous wrote:Some schools are better with posting testing schedule. MAP usually after MCAP.

MAP after 9th grade is unnecessary. It should go away.

It does, no? Haven't heard of any post-8th-grade HS tests.

Anonymous wrote:The teachers usually send notes about when they will be taking various tests.

My kid's teachers have been great (often sending weekly communications)-but they have never said MAP tests are on day X.

Anonymous wrote:I wish the schools communicated this information clearly. We have a school newsletter but it's full of stuff like "buy the yearbook" or attend some random-respect fest instead of "your kid is going to take a test on day X".

MAP testing dates were always included in our newsletters. In fact, you might check for a standalone email about MAP testing. Our elementary principal used to send one out to ask parents to make sure their kids were in attendance on those dates.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers, even within a grade, do not need to test on the same day. There is a large window and we are told to fit it in when there is a good place for it (like right after a unit ends).

Have you asked the actual teacher? Nobody on here will know your child’s schedule.

People aren't asking for their specific kid's testing day, but if MAP testing is supposed to be done in a span of 3 weeks or whatever, why not put that in the MCPS communications materials? Then parents are reminded that it's coming, and can ask their teacher, rather than having their kid come home and tell them they had a big test and that they wished they had gone to bed earlier the night before.

It is in communication materials.

The teachers usually send notes about when they will be taking various tests.

Anonymous wrote:Teachers, even within a grade, do not need to test on the same day. There is a large window and we are told to fit it in when there is a good place for it (like right after a unit ends).

Have you asked the actual teacher? Nobody on here will know your child’s schedule.

People aren't asking for their specific kid's testing day, but if MAP testing is supposed to be done in a span of 3 weeks or whatever, why not put that in the MCPS communications materials? Then parents are reminded that it's coming, and can ask their teacher, rather than having their kid come home and tell them they had a big test and that they wished they had gone to bed earlier the night before.

Teachers, even within a grade, do not need to test on the same day. There is a large window and we are told to fit it in when there is a good place for it (like right after a unit ends).

Have you asked the actual teacher? Nobody on here will know your child’s schedule.

Anonymous wrote:I wish the schools communicated this information clearly. We have a school newsletter but it's full of stuff like "buy the yearbook" or attend some random-respect fest instead of "your kid is going to take a test on day X".

There's a testing window but it's very broad

Some schools are better with posting testing schedule. MAP usually after MCAP.

MAP after 9th grade is unnecessary. It should go away.

I wish the schools communicated this information clearly. We have a school newsletter but it's full of stuff like "buy the yearbook" or attend some random-respect fest instead of "your kid is going to take a test on day X".

End of year- after MCAP

For elementary and middle school kids? I know MCAP is this week but haven't seen anything on the MAP.