The easiest thing to do is ask your child if the test was read to him by the computer- if so, that would be P-MAP (the K-2 test). My guess is that in 1st grade they use the P-MAP still. Some school switch over in 2nd grade but very few seem to switch over in 1st.
A lot of kids doing that? I'd say that's a pile of baloney. Unless you somehow live in an area that is so far above the MAP norms or you are in a private, GT school or something! 213 in math is 97.5th percentile for 2nd grade. It's not even on the 1st grade chart. So it's not likely.
Reading is a little more subjective in the 1st/2nd grade range. My personal opinion is that P-MAP for reading is very low level and doesn't really have a good range. If your child knows beginning letter sounds, rhyming and can sound out words, they could score well without really "reading." So it's possible more kids scored in that range on reading if you have a strong reading program at your school.
As far as scores more than once, I meant that you can use the data to advocate because clearly it wasn't beginner's luck or just random guessing. I was told the first time my son took MAP that he was a good guesser... then his score went up 8 pts the next time. Evidently he was an even better guesser two months later!
That being said, because MAP is untimed, kids do have the ability and freedom to back into answers that they may not otherwise be able to figure out. My son doesn't have his multiplication tables memorized, but he's very fast at addition. So he can add 12X12 fast enough on paper to put the right answer. It appears that he can multiply- which he can, but not in the way that teachers might expect.
I hope that makes sense!
Last edited by CAMom; 05/18/10 07:15 AM. Reason: add info
