NWEA | MAP Spring Benchmark Testing

-- NWEA -MAP Spring Benchmark Testing May 17th - June 2nd

Board of education MRS. DOREEN DAVIS, BOARD PRESIDENT MRS. SANDRA WASHINGTON, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT MS. MARY TAYLOR, BOARD SECRETARY MR. JOHN DIXON, BOARD MEMBER

What is the MAP Test?

DR. TIFFANY GRAHAM,

The NWEA MAP Test (Measures of Academic Progress) is an adaptive achievement and growth test. It creates a personalized assessment experience by adapting to each student’s learning level—precisely measuring progress and growth for each individual student.

BOARD MEMBER MRS. TOLEDA HART, BOARD MEMBER MS. ROSLON SEALS, BOARD MEMBER

superintendent BETHANY A. LINDSAY

201 E. Glenwood-Dyer Road Glenwood, IL 60425

(708) 758-5190

www.brookwood167.org

The purpose of MAP (Measures Assessment Data...

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Academic Progress)

Board of education MRS. DOREEN DAVIS, BOARD PRESIDENT

District administrators use MAP data to evaluate programs, MRS. SANDRA WASHINGTON, predict outcomes on accountability tests, allocate resources BOARD VICE PRESIDENT and plan professional development programs. Principals use the data to identify trends for students and grades within MS. MARY TAYLOR, their schools, create flexible learning groups, and target BOARD SECRETARY professional development for teachers. Teachers use MAP MR. JOHN DIXON, results to understand a student’s instructional readiness, BOARD MEMBER plan differentiated instruction, set goals with students, monitor progress toward those goals and communicate DR. TIFFANY GRAHAM, with parents.

BOARD MEMBER Growth data is powerful and can have an enormous impact for students, teachers, and administrators. For students, the more they understand their own assessment results, the better they’ll be able to self-motivate and make the most out of learning.

MRS. TOLEDA HART, BOARD MEMBER MS. ROSLON SEALS, BOARD MEMBER

superintendent BETHANY A. LINDSAY

201 E. Glenwood-Dyer Road Glenwood, IL 60425

(708) 758-5190

www.brookwood167.org

What does it mean to be computer adaptive?

Board of education MRS. DOREEN DAVIS,

BOARD PRESIDENT Computer adaptive tests adjust to each student’s learning level, providing a unique set of test questions based on their MRS. SANDRA WASHINGTON, responses to previous questions. If a student gets a question BOARD VICE PRESIDENT wrong, the next question will be easier. If a student gets a question right, the next question will be harder. To pinpoint MS. MARY TAYLOR, where students are in their learning, the goal is to answer BOARD SECRETARY fifty (50) percent of the questions correctly.

MR. JOHN DIXON,

What does MAP Growth measure?

BOARD MEMBER

MAP Growth measures what students know and what they don’t know, regardless of their grade level. This helps teachers adjust their instruction for each student. It also measures growth over time, allowing you to track your student’s progress throughout the school year and across multiple years.

DR. TIFFANY GRAHAM, BOARD MEMBER MRS. TOLEDA HART, BOARD MEMBER MS. ROSLON SEALS, BOARD MEMBER

superintendent BETHANY A. LINDSAY

201 E. Glenwood-Dyer Road Glenwood, IL 60425

(708) 758-5190

www.brookwood167.org

Board of education

What is a RIT Score?

MRS. DOREEN DAVIS,

BOARD PRESIDENT After each MAP Growth test, results are delivered in the form of a RIT score that reflects the student’s academic knowledge, MRS. SANDRA WASHINGTON, skills, and abilities. Think of this score like marking height on BOARD VICE PRESIDENT a growth chart.

You can tell how tall your child is at various points in time and how much they have grown between one stage and another. The RIT (Rasch Unit) scale is a stable, equal-interval scale. Equal-interval means that a change of ten (10) RIT points indicates the same thing regardless of whether a student is at the top, bottom, or middle of the scale.

A RIT score has the same meaning regardless of grade level or age of the student. You can compare scores over time to tell how much growth a student has made.

MS. MARY TAYLOR, BOARD SECRETARY MR. JOHN DIXON, BOARD MEMBER DR. TIFFANY GRAHAM, BOARD MEMBER MRS. TOLEDA HART, BOARD MEMBER MS. ROSLON SEALS, BOARD MEMBER

superintendent BETHANY A. LINDSAY

201 E. Glenwood-Dyer Road Glenwood, IL 60425

(708) 758-5190

www.brookwood167.org