I agree that when kids get older specifically a gifted child the test doesn't show much. I don't understand the big deal of knowing when it is. It's not like you need to study for it. Typically testing like MAP isn't really for the gifted it is for the rest of the school to make schools more accountable in what those kids are learning. My daughter is in a magnet class where other kids scores are comparable so I have to disagree somewhat with the previous poster because there is a certain competition between them. They do care about what their scores are even though in reality it doesn't mean anything. In regards to reading my daughter is in 6th grade elementary and there hasn't been many books for her to read there in a while.
