Originally Posted by Val
Originally Posted by NotSoGifted
... 4th graders score 94th percentile or higher on the Spring MAP math test (and that score would translate to a 75th percentile score for a 6th grader)...

Not sure if this is what you meant, but be careful about interpreting equivalent percentile scores. They mean, "a 6th grader getting this score on this test would be at the 75th percentile for that age group." They don't mean that "a 4th grader getting this score is two years advanced in math." They just mean "a fourth grader getting this score on this test is really good at the stuff tested here." Out-of-level testing is required to make the advanced-or-not determination.
MAP testing is adaptive and shouldn't have this issue to the same extent as many tests. I believe the test does change at the 5/6 boundary, though, so it would be more useful to compare grades 3 and 5 than 4 and 6.