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MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS™ (MAP) OVERVIEW

What is MAP???• MAP is…• Designed to provide us with…

• an instructional level of our students

• a road map for students toward achieving mastery

• information to help inform instructional decisions

• immediate data and dynamic, interactive reports

What is MAP???•MAP is…•Measures of Academic Progress•Adaptive•Challenging, appropriate, and dynamic•Designed to measure student growth over time•Designed to be delivered more than once per year•Aligned with Nebraska’s State Standards

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The MAP Adaptive Assessment

Beginning Literacy

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Rasch unIT (RIT) Scale

Achievement scale

Equal-interval scale

Used to show growth over time

Independent of grade level

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Features of MAP™ Assessments

•Challenging and appropriate•Dynamically developed•Accurate data•Untimed•Measures growth • Immediate results•Usually test 3 times a year

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How do I know which test to give?

•Survey w/ Goals•42-64 items•~ 1 hour to administer•Gives information on goal areas

•Survey•20 items•~ 30 minutes to administer•No information on goal areas•Overall RIT only

Now let’s try it!

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Log In

Test Selection Choose the Subject

Choose the Subject

Test SelectionChoose the Correct Test

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Student Selection

Start Screen

Mathematics Item

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Reading Item

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How Can MAP Data Be Used?•Finding gaps

•Monitoring progress

•Monitoring programs

•Conferencing

• Informed instructional decisions

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MAP Reports•Purpose of reports•Provide data to inform instruction and decision making

•Critical reports for today •Teacher Report•Class Rosters•Online Individual Student Progress Report• Instructional Resources•Class by RIT Reports

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Accessing MAP Reports•User Name and Password required•Online reports•Teachers, administrators, and MAP Coordinator•24 – 48 Hours•Adobe® Reader®•Ordered (online) reports•Administrators and MAP Coordinator•72 Hours•Crystal Reports Viewer

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Teacher Report•Access: NWEA Reports Site •Displays: RIT ranked order•Provides: Individual student and class data•Designed: To provide indicators of class academic diversity

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Accessing the Teacher Report

What is a Lexile score?•Lexile is an equal interval scale to identify difficulty of text•When assigned to a student’s RIT score, it indicates the level of books a student can read with 75% comprehension.•Lexile is always 150 Lexile range: Bottom 100 Lexile of score is independent reading range, and top 50 Lexile of score is the gifted or instructional range (challenge material).

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Accessing Class Rosters

Instructional Resources: Class by RIT

•Access: NWEA Reports Site •Displays: Groups with similar scores•Provides: Skills/concepts at instructional level •Designed: To support instructional planning

Class Breakdown by Overall RIT Score and Class Breakdown by Goal

Accessing Instructional Resources: Class by RIT Reports

Class Breakdown by Goal for Reading

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DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning•Access: NWEA Reports Site •Displays: Three columns•Skills and Concepts to Enhance•Skills and Concepts to Develop•Skills and Concepts to Introduce•Provides: Skills/concepts aligned to student’s instructional level•Designed: To support instruction and to help inform decision-making

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Accessing DesCartes or Primary Grades Instructional Data

Questions???•Refer to the following link for more training options:• http://www.nwea.org/support/category/professional-development