MCAP Pre-test

MCAP is also known as the "Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program."

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For students in grades 3 through 8, the assessments are given toward the end of the school year. Assessments in Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II are administered after a student has completed most of the required course.

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Blueprints provided by MSDE state the number of operational items on MCAP, as well as, the number of items by conceptual category (e.g. Number and Quantity, Algebra, Functions, and Statistics).

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Evidence statements provide educators with in-depth information about each content standard and include an overview for the number of operational items per form.

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Content Subclaim items are worth 1-point and are machine scored.

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Reasoning and Modeling Subclaims consist of 1-point machine scored items and constructed response items whose point values depend on the grade/course (i.e. 3 or 4-points).

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All high school reasoning and modeling subclaims are worth 4-points.

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Reasoning and Modeling subclaims for grades 6-8 are 3 or 4 points.

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Holistic rubrics exist for scoring modeling and reasoning items.

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There are reference sheets used on MCAP unique to grades 6 through 8 and high school.

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