I agree with what everyone else has said so far, and I particularly think the quote about about high achievers is interesting. Anecdotally, in the school in which I volunteer, I became aware that, while almost every child in my DD's class increased their MAP scores last year from fall to winter to spring, the 5 highest achievers either held their scores to the same number or decreased their scores slightly. This included my DD. And this was just in 2nd grade. I would imagine that as the children's grade levels rise, so would the difficulty in continuing to see a rise in their scores. I don't know why that is, exactly, but it is something I've seen. Have other people seen this with their kids as well?
