On the NWEA k,1st and 2nd grade take the same test. MAP for primary grades.
For my son to skip kinder this fall and go to first grade, he must score over 90% on the spring (end of year) MAP for a K. For reading that means 170 and math 174. Using the same concept for you for skipping first grade, a 186 math is 76% and 189 in reading is 96%. Perhaps they are looking at the math at only 76%. A 90% math score is 192.
ETA.. the concept of MAP testing is if the child answers the question correctly the next question is harder. If they answer incorrectly the next is the same level or easier.
I understand how the Map test works and the different tests, my post must have been confusing.
In our district the K and 1st take the same test. B/c she was testing at a 2nd grade level they wanted her to take the next level(that they start in 2nd) of the test.
For the scores I have for the district she is in the 99.9% based on the peers in her district for K. With a 187 in math she is just above a Mean score of a middle of the year 2nd grader and 187 in reading just above a mean score for the middle of second. I am not sure that her math score is accurate reflection as she had the same score when she took it in the winter. That is her strong suit, so I think she maybe had an off day or something. I also think more than one thing needs to be used to evaluate grade/subject acceleration so that they cannot just look to that. To me it is a red flag that her score stayed the same that something was up.
