Each fall and spring all 2nd through 6th graders at CMCS take a district-wide assessment known as Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) testing.  MAP tests, developed by Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), are meant to be an indicator of how students will perform on state tests.  Like state-standardized tests, the MAP test is norm-referenced, which allows a teacher to compare a child in the 3rd grade at CMCS to other children in 3rd grade in the state of South Carolina and across the country. CMCS teachers review the results of MAP testing in reading, language usage, and math in order to understand areas of the curriculum the child needs assistance with or maybe more challenging work.  MAP tests also help me make instructional supplies decisions.  For example, when I noticed that our students were not scoring to their potential in math, I approached the CMCS teaching team and Dr. Scott about making our own math homework workbook, and we did!

This year MAP testing will also inform our Student Learning Objectives (SLO's).  Student Learning Objectives are a state mandate.  The goal of SLO's is to track and document individual students' academic progress, which will help us, as a teaching team, grow all students, including our Gifted and Talented students.  A Student Learning Objective is a student academic growth goal that an educator sets for his or her students.  We are using our fall MAP data to define our student growth targets.  We will track students' progress throughout the year and report gains after the spring MAP tests are completed.  

Progress Reports will go home with students October 27th, and MAP results will be shared at your first parent-teacher conference during the week of October 26th.  Please look for a sign-up email from your child's teacher and make time for this important first conference of the year.  Our teaching team works hard to track your child's progress and loves sharing the results with you.  Remember, our goal is to always develop your child's whole self, so emotional and social growth, including work habits, will also be shared with you at your student's parent-teacher conference.

Kindly,
Dr. Hunt