This got me thinking... We see a downhill swoop as well, usually midyear. DD is eight, in third grade. Her Map scores are always strange in the winter. She'll score 97th percentile or higher on everything in the fall, drop down in the winter (her math this time was 88th percentile) and pop back up in the spring. Last year (2nd grade) in math she went from 97th% in the fall, 80th percentile in the winter, up to 99th in the spring. She did the same thing again this year.
My dad works for NWEA and said, "I wonder why she struggled with math (88th %ile is struggling for her)..." Of course, the test is perfection in his mind. And never mind that she's a human being!
Any thoughts on the reason for this? I'm thinking she's just not into taking that test in the winter...
