We've just had our parent teacher conference and received our child's NWEA Map testing data.
I'm not sure I am interpreting it correctly, and if I am I'd like some guidance on how to proceed. Our kindergarten child (approximately 5 years and 10 months at the time of testing) was tested in the winter testing period.
Her Math was 206-209-212 (percentile 99-99-99).
Her Reading was 193-196-199 (percentile 99-99-99).
From looking at the 2011 NWEA Normative Data (available here:
http://legacysupport.nwea.org/sites...202011%20Norms%20Report_01.17.2012_2.pdf , page 30 and 32, Tables 5.1 and 5.3 ) I observe that the mean scores for kindergarten (winter testing period) for reading is a 151.0 with a standard deviation of 10.91. For math the mean scores for kindergarten (winter testing period) is 150.7 with a standard deviation of 12.45.
If I am interpreting this correctly, this would indicate that the reading scores are 3.85-4.4 standard deviations above the mean (based on RIT +- Std Err) for reading, making the performance in the 1/10,000 to 1/100,000 range.
The math score 206-209-212 is 4.4 to 4.9 standard deviations above the mean (based on RIT +- Std Err) for math putting the score in the 1/100,000 to 1/1,000,000 range.
She is clearly very "smart". She's extremely articulate and has a huge vocabulary, seems to read and write well for a kindergardener. She loves playing Dreambox and she has worked through all of the K, 1st, 2nd and started 3rd grade math in Dreambox in a little over 43 hours of play. She doesn't hate school, but does complain she's bored. There is a GATE program in the district, but nothing that starts until after grade 2 testing...
Thoughts?
Thanks so much,
A concerned dad.
