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Thank you!!! Fingers crossed!!!

How bad are the test ceilings on NWEA? Hmmmm...various DYS families with older students still taking lower-level tests (because their schools use grade instead of RIT or ability to determine the test level, including mine) have reported getting repeats of the exact same question during the same test session. As if they "broke" the test...

Here is a document that has been circulating here for a while about the ceilings: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1nA_PlvjvwFTi5vMwRxlfmmVUJo63pfwn67ZAMHaV4oU. We may have been seeing more subtle signs of them earlier, but we started to notice a real slowdown in growth on the 2-5 test as DD hit 245 in reading and 250 in math. It sounds like this is more pronounced when the test is given often and repeatedly.

Thanks, Loy! It's encouraging to learn of an instance when advocacy has worked. I'm glad things are looking up for your family. I will not give up. I do however have to thread carefully since it's a magnet program. I'm afraid if I push too hard they might suggest that we would be happier elsewhere and there isn't much else other than homeschooling Wish me luck!!!

And yes - we waited but we did finally apply and got DS acceptance letter last week. I'm looking forward to the additional resource.

Congratulations!

Here are some other docs on ceilings:

Common Core MAP Mathematics: NWEA Recommendations for Transitioning Students from 2 – 5 to 6+

NWEA Recommendations for Transitioning Students from MPG to MAP 2 – 5

aeh - may I PM you a MAP question?

Of course.

Sent. Many thanks!!