Math Tests Read ALOUD
I believe it completely negates the validity of the math MAP test when students at grades 3+ are responsible for reading the math test. As a third grade teacher, I have plenty of students in my class who unfortunately score very low on the math MAP test due to poor reading skills. If we are testing their mathematical ability, we should not be requiring them to read.
Further, this renders their reports virtually useless because I do not know what was missed due to a mathematical misunderstanding or what was answered incorrectly simply because the child did not know how to read the question.
Paige Harrington
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John Snipes
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We have considered this, too. For some groups of students, we enter testing accommodations for Text-to-Speech (math only). Unlike the voice in Growth K-2 assessments, the text-to-speech voice in Growth 2-5 and 6+ is fairly robotic, but not that bad. The functionality is different too, so teachers / proctors will have to show them how to play the sound and what to choose to repeat (as it is different in Growth K-2, too).