Many of the questions in NWEA’s MAP testing are irrelevant, boring and completely not engaging to the youth of today. Many students loose interest a few questions in, and some students click through quickly just to get the testing over with. It is likely that many children would score better if they actually found the questions they were reading interesting during the reading test. As a 7th grader with a 250 in reading and a 255 in math, I can safely say that is someone with firsthand experience of these tests, many of the questions are very outdated. During a recent math MAP test, I received a data and statistics question that asked about landline phones. In my lifetime, I have never lived in a house with a landline, phone, and I can almost guarantee that none of my peers have either. Questions should be updated every few years so that the topic of each one is at least somewhat relevant.