TOUGHER MAP TEST EXPOSES CHASM BETWEEN TIER ADMISSIONS AT ACADEMIC CENTERS

24 Mar

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Matthew Greenberg (312) 409-8411

March 24, 2015

      Chicago, IL –In the most recent round of admissions, average scores were flat at the most competitive Academic Centers and fell noticeably at less competitive ones as CPS replaced the ISAT with the more rigorous Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test as the 5th grade standardized test. This is the first time that CPS has used a Common Core aligned test in the Academic Center admissions process. The MAP accounted for 300 points of CPS’ 900 point admissions scale.

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