Hi,
My second grader just got her MAP scores back for math, and I am a bit confused about what they mean. She scored 241 overall, which, according to the MAP percentiles, would put her at the 90th percentile for tenth grade. But she certainly doesn't know tenth grade math. We don't do any supplemental math instruction at home, she attends a normal public school (actually in quite a poor area), and is not in a gifted program. So what does her score mean? One thing I noticed is that her scores for measurement and geometry stayed the same across the year, while her scores for numbers and operations and algebraic thinking (260 and 263 respectively) skyrocketed. Is she making inferences to higher levels of math independent of instruction? I'm wondering if, given this, we should look into giftedness-- or perhaps have some more specific math testing.
Any advice would be helpful.
