I know, right, Dottie? That what her comment said to me, too.
The other interesting exchange was about GE (which *you*, Dottie, educated *me* one! How's that for circular?). It went something like this:
Mia: From what we understand, the MAP measures what they've been taught, but doesn't necessarily test how they learn.
Principal: Yes. You had IQ testing done, and that's different. The MAP is an achievement test.
M: Well, actually, we had IQ and achievement testing done. His achievement scores put him in the 99.9th percentile for math. And his grade equivalents show him at the middle of second grade -- so if you gave a child in second grade the same questions he was given, he scored where the average second grader would score.
P: [makes a hemming-hawing sort of face]
M: Am I misunderstanding that? Please correct me if I am! I'd like to know as much as I can.
P: Well, it's more of a projection. We can't know for sure what every second grader is thinking, and this is more of an estimate.
M: Well, certainly ... so it's an estimate that he's thinking at the level of a second grader.
P: [more hemming and hawing faces] Well, it's just an ...
M: Estimate.
P: Well, yes.
WTH? Seriously. I think she's trying to get rid of me and realizing I'm not going to go away.
I hope.
