Thanks, that�s very helpful. So according to the MAP site, at her score (above 235) she is �ready for algebra.� Yet algebra is not introduced in the core curriculum until high school. So I�m still unclear how the test score translates to grade level work. Does being ready for algebra mean that she can skip the pre-algebra curriculum that she would normally take en route to high school? That doesn�t seem plausible. If the MAP score doesn�t relate to substantive knowledge, is it then a bit more like a quantitative reasoning test, based on the instruction a child has received at a given grade level� so that being ready for algebra means that she has demonstrated a level of mathematical understanding that indicates that she is likely at this stage to be able to understand algebra, given the right instruction?
