Why do they hoard the MAP scores from over a month ago?

OP, this is the first year MAP scores are being used in ES in FCPS so no one has the scores to talk about. IReady wasn’t used in the packet when my kid was accepted 7 years ago. The process evolves. That said, most of the scores reported for kids in AAP are at least in the 95th percentile with a substantially high percentage of scores in the 99th percentile. A score in the 88th percentile is a strong score but under what I thinkk the committee is looking for. For example Algebra in 6th grade required a iReady score in the 99th percentile. Advanced math at many schools required a student be in the 95th percentile and pass advanced on the SOL.

When are we going to get these scores?

Anonymous wrote:My son is in 5th grade AAP and scored 98% on MAP. We don’t do any additional work with him at home.

Again, he didn’t score 98%. His score was in the 98th percentile meaning he did better than 98% of all 5th graders taking this test.

My son is in 5th grade AAP and scored 98% on MAP. We don’t do any additional work with him at home.

Just apply and submit a good packet. Who cares how everyone else did

The old CoGAT/NNAT threshold for in-pool was 98th percentile, I would guess that the iReady for those kids was at least 95th percentile or higher. I doubt a score of 88th percentile is going to be helping your cause.

OP, sadly I think they're going to use the MAP test scores as part of your child's AAP application packet and you'll want the score to be in the 90+%tiles to be competitive. Best of luck!

My third grader who did not get accepted to full time AAP generally scores 99 percentile on standardized tests. We haven’t seen map scores yet, but he said he got 231. He’s been placed in an advanced math class in his local level school, but we’ll probably appeal if his scores are high

Anonymous wrote:3rd grade DS didn't make the cut for full-time AAP this year but is strong in math based on our and teachers' experiences. I'm curious how on par he is with other peers who are in full-time AAP/ whether we should push for that going forward. MAP score was 88%. We don't have the number score yet, just was told by teacher the % is 88. We actually were surprised it wasn't higher based on his abilities that we observe, but since MAP is new, I'm curious if it's just a harder test and whether 88% actually is a strong score.

It's a "percentile", not a "percent", so it's already been scored for difficulty. He scored higher than 88% of comparable test takers in the fall of 3rd grade. That's great!

I know it's not what you asked for, but I teach an upper level class (not 3rd grade), and 88th percentile is pretty typical for my on grade level classes. My honors/former AAP kids are almost universally 95%+. Below that is a red flag that I need to keep an eye on kids. That's not to say it wasn't just a crummy attempt and he's capable of more, but if 88% is accurate then he is likely properly placed if he's at a MC/UMC school vs a title 1 where he may have less of a mathematical peer group.

Third grade, fourth grade whatever. 88% is not competitive for full time services was my point. What have previous math percentiles been?

We have not received these scores yet but for what it's worth, my child's ES does not start advanced math until 4th grade. My child is not AAP, but goes into the AAP class for math.

OP here. Thanks PP, but I'm looking for feedback from current 3rd grade parents.

We don't have official scores, but my 4th grader told me the number that showed up at the end of the test (225) and it appears to be around 96th percentile. He doesn't do outside supplementation and so he is probably one of the weaker math kids in the class based on math topics he says other kids are discussing in class.

3rd grade DS didn't make the cut for full-time AAP this year but is strong in math based on our and teachers' experiences. I'm curious how on par he is with other peers who are in full-time AAP/ whether we should push for that going forward. MAP score was 88%. We don't have the number score yet, just was told by teacher the % is 88. We actually were surprised it wasn't higher based on his abilities that we observe, but since MAP is new, I'm curious if it's just a harder test and whether 88% actually is a strong score.