By: Malea Johnson
MAP and ISASPS are both standardized testing, although one is better than the other. MAP testing is much better because it is a lot shorter and the stakes are much lower.
The questions for each section like science, math, and reading are shorter than the sections in ISASPS testing. This makes it easier for the student to not feel as stressed because there aren’t that many questions. It is also a progression test, therefore the questions adapt and change to how you answer the previous ones. So you are basically trying to beat yourself/get in your goal range. This isn’t as bad as a test where all the questions are the same for each student, because then you are basically competing against one another.
The stakes are much lower. ISASPS is the main source of what the high school looks at to see which classes you should go in. Advanced, regular, etc. Although MAP testing is another thing that they look at, it is not as important. Therefore students feel more stressed when taking the ISASPS test.
These are all reasons why MAP Testing is way better than ISASPS. MAP testing has shorter questions, students feel a lot less stressed when taking MAP rather than ISASPS, and the stakes are lower which also reduces stress for students.