Maybe someone else has input on this as states continue to grapple with Common Core with some still repealing, some reviewing and threatening to repeal.
Recently I asked my DD's teacher for Des Cartes info for her MAP math test this year. I've not mentioned this before on the forum, but we are in a non-Common Core state.
Previously, the school was using all CC textbooks from Pearson and teaching CC until 1 year ago when the transition was finalized. But during that transition, everything was still CC.
MAP testing was given each year and everything aligned with CC standards as per NWEA's site.
Now this year I just found out, NWEA has a new page which says they have just aligned with my state's standards over the past summer and when we received the printout from school, it now says "aligned with ****** state standards" at the bottom of the report for the RIT bands instead of the previous "aligned with Common Core Standards".
The RIT band items seem to be different because I have a printout for DD from last year and can see all items for each band that was aligned with Common Core. The new state-aligned report doesn't match up with NWEA's RIT reference chart either. It's much lower.
What is weird though, the norms match up exactly with the 2015 National Norms posted here awhile ago. DD was 236 for 4th grade which was still 99%. Reading matched up as well.
Now I don't know what to make of this. Are we taking the same test? Is it completely different? Our state standards are much lower and the CC MAP test was the only reassurance we had that DD was keeping up nationally. Now the new report looks like a totally different test and doesn't even match up with NWEA's sample practice problems. But the norms seem to align which doesn't make sense in light of the differing RIT band goals we observed on the new report.
Anyone have any experience with this? What does it mean in comparing test results when MAP is "aligned to state standards"?
Last edited by shifrbv; 11/03/15 11:15 AM.
