Loy, How many times does your school test on MAPs?...Sounds like your DD got some great growth though, if that was a spring to fall jump.
Thanks! It is actually fall to fall, because I have no other data. They only gave one MAP test all year last year, in the fall of 2nd grade. Starting in 3rd grade, the school will give the test 3 times a year, I believe. Right now, I only have the 2 fall scores (last fall and this fall), and I'm just trying to understand what, if anything, they tell me about her growth.
MAP is giving me a crazy lexile level of roughly 1110-1270, so her 3rd grade reading report card grades are not very helpful in illustrating whether she is making progress, KWIM?
Another side issue - we were told in a group that parents would not get the winter scores this year ("these are only for teachers"), but I would actually like those winter scores. I would like to know if she is growing and being challenged this year before spring MAP tests (reading and math work seem easy for her, but I am hoping that is because I only see her homework and not everything they do everyday). Again, I know that MAP testing is not the only measure, but because her scores are coming in above grade level (and she IS performing above grade level in everyday life), it is the only above-grade-level measure that I have at the moment. I am hoping for some type of progress - at least that she hits the upcoming RIT projections (but they seem modest). Anyone have any luck with their schools sharing scores with them that the schools were reluctant to give? I really feel as though if they are collecting data on our DC, they should be sharing this with parents. I appreciate hearing what others here think are reasonable expectations for growth, too. Thanks, again, so much!
