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Dear all,

My 2nd grade boy completes all the MAP tests this year and get the most recent result of MAP test back. His RIT scores are as follows:

Language: 222 (99 percentile)
Reading: 224 (99 percentile)
Mathematics: 237 (99 percentile)

I try to google to find out what does those RIT score means and I find the RIT score match grade level of 9th (mean score � 50 percentile).

Even he is taking 4th grade math and reading 7th grade AR book at school, I don�t think my 2nd grade boy knows what 9th grader knows and I just wonder what does the RIT score can tell you?

He also took CoGAT last fall and the composite score is 99 percentile (profile 9A). Hopefully he can get into gifted class next year since sometimes he complained the stuff is easier than what he learned from his Montessori kindergarten couple years ago.

Thanks.

MAP is a test that gets harder or easier depending on how the child answers the questions.

224 reading
99th percentile for 2nd grade
96th percentile for 3rd grade
89th percentile for 4th grade
50th percentile for 10th grade

So the average 10th grader will score the same as your son.

237 math
99th percentile for 3rd grade
96th percentile for 4th grade
51st percentile for 10th grade

GREAT scores! Have you had any IQ or achoevement testing completed?

Thank you for your reply.

I didn’t take my boy to any IQ test since I am not sure how much the test will help even his score could be over 130. My boy took CoGAT last Oct but unfortunately the report doesn’t show the score but percentile and here is the result

Grade percentile ranking
Verbal 97
Quantitative 99
Nonverbal 98
Composite (V+Q+N) 99
Profile : 9A

Thank you for someone just posted the 2012 Spring data, I found my boy is not particularly outstanding and actually he doesn’t improve much over the year except Math since he is taking 4th grade math.

His RIT scores will equal to 3rd grade (94 percentile) for Language and Reading and 4th grade (96 percentile) for Math.

I am talking to the school and see whether they will let my boy skip a grade. Now probably I will hold on to it and see whether he can get into the gifted class next year.

Lack of growth would indicate to me that he is being taught material that is not appropriately challenging not that he is less able than you thought.

I am still seeing his scores as very high looking at the most recent norms here: http://www.nwea.org/sites/www.nwea.org/files/resources/NWEA_2011_RIT_Scale_Norms.pdf

224 for spring reading MAPS for a 2nd grader is the 98th percentile, 222 for spring language is also the 98th percentile for a 2nd grader, and 237 in math is beyond the 99th for 2nd and 3rd.


I wouldn't rule out a grade skip and wouldn't count on a gifted class meeting his needs unless it is pretty selective and advanced. What does the gifted programming look like at his school? Is it just a pull out enrichment program or do they accelerate the core curricula? What are the criteria for admission? If your son is going to be one of the most able or high achieving students in the class, I'd consider asking for something more.

If kids score 95 percentile or above for MAP and CoGAT, they will be invited to the mixed aged accelerate gifted program. They group 3rd and 4th grader together.

My boy should still continue to his advance math pull-out program (2 grade above his level).

Actually it is pretty consistent with his Terra Nova test he took at kindergarten. he was evaluated and showed he was 2 or 3 grade above his grade level.

I am thinking to see how he performs at first MAP and CoGAT test after he gets into the gifted program before I ask for skipping grade again.

I agree his lack of improvement it could be highly related to what he learns from the class. I knew this year is kind of waste since he complains stuffs are too easier for him and he seems lost motivation to learn. I should have kept him in Montessori instead of moving him to public school after kindergarten.