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[Eric C Calvert]

I would just add to this that, if your district's requirements for placement in services are higher than the minimum ID requirements, you probably want to use something in addition to, or instead, of MAP. We're finding that it's not very reliable once you get above the low 90 percentiles. (In other words, if you require kids to score at or above the 95th percentile for service, placing or disqualifying the identified kids in service based on MAP scores isn't very different, from a psychometrics standpoint, than putting all the identified students' names in a hat and drawing names until you've filled all the places in your programs.) In one district we looked at that did fall, winter, and spring MAP testing, about 80% of the kids in their gifted program would have met Ohio gifted ID criteria in one of the seasonal administrations, but not in at least one of the other administrations.

I think it's perfectly fine as a screener though (especially if you're school is testing all your students with MAP anyway) as long as you're following the operating standards and re-testing those kids who score in the screening range but not in the ID range with an instrument with a higher ceiling.

From: "<Colleen Boyle>", PhD <boyleconsulting at me.com<mailto:boyleconsulting at me.com>>
Date: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 5:49 PM
To: "June R. Allred-Smith" <jasmith at rpesd.org<mailto:jasmith at rpesd.org>>
Cc: "ohiogift at lists.service.ohio-state.edu<mailto:ohiogift at lists.service.ohio-state.edu>" <ohiogift at lists.service.ohio-state.edu<mailto:ohiogift at lists.service.ohio-state.edu>>
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Hi, June.  MAP tests can be sued to screen for reading and math identification.  Please make sure, though, that you only use the scores from the MAP Survey with Goals assessment. The two science portions and the Language Arts portion of MAP are not approved for gifted identification or screening.  Since MAP measures academic achievement only, it may not be used to identify for cognitive ability.  There is no cognitive skills component to MAP.  The scores are nationally normed (not half-nationally normed) from a large normative study recently redone and meet the criteria for approval set forth by the state in terms of validity and reliability.  More info about the MAP for gifted ID can be found on ODE's Gifted Identification FAQ page.

Colleen Boyle, Ph.D.
Gifted Coordinator and Educational Consultant
Columbus, OH
boyleconsulting at me.com<mailto:boyleconsulting at me.com>

Specialities:
Educational Psychology
Gifted Education and Psychology
Educational Administration





On Jul 30, 2013, at 6:24 PM, "June R. Allred-Smith" <jasmith at rpesd.org<mailto:jasmith at rpesd.org>> wrote:

I am receiving questions regarding tests for gifted screening/ID and acceleration.  By looking at the approved list of tests, the MAP tests can be used to screen/ID for gifted achievement, but not ability.  Am I correct on this?

Can the MAP scores be used for subject acceleration as well?

And, if these scores can be used, does this mean that these scores are half-nationally normed, since we are in a cohort of 23 or so states?

Thanks for your insights.

June Allred-Smith
Ross Pike ESC


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