1. MAP Growth
NWEA
Northwest Evaluation Association

2. Our transition to the MAP Growth assessments
As you may recall, PA 306 (Third Grade Reading Legislation) required the administration of a screening (or initial) assessment within the first 30 days of the school year.
This required us to identify an assessment from the MDE’s list of approved assessments.
Our goal was to identify an assessment that would give us meaningful data that would help teachers make instructional decisions.
Once we identified that MAP Growth assessment for use as the initial assessment in reading, it was determined we would use the same assessment for math as well.
The MAP Growth Reading and Math assessments will replace the SLRA and SLMA.

3. MAP Growth Administration by Grade Level
MAP Growth Reading and Math K-2
Fall and Winter administered to grades K-2
Spring administered to grades K-1
Replaces SLRA and SLMA
MAP Growth Reading and Math 2-5
Fall and Winter administered to grades 3-5
Spring administered to grades 2-5
MAP Growth Language
Winter and Spring administered to grades 3-5
Replaces multiple choice portion of Revising and Editing

4. What is MAP Growth?
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5. MAP Growth By the Numbers
7,600 + Current Educational Partners
10+ Million Students
Tested Annually with MAP
In all 50 States
In Over 141 Countries Worldwide
4.5 Billion Test Items Responses
We are partnering with many districts across the US and world. We have experience with complex large school districts.
Mention the norms are just national.
46+ Million Assessments Administered

6. The 5 Tenets of MAP Growth
Adaptive Assessment
RIT Scale as a Growth Measure
Normative Data
Instructional Readiness
Learning Continuum

7. Adaptive Assessment
MAP Growth is a computer-adaptive test. If a student answers a question correctly, the next question is more challenging. If they answer incorrectly, the next one is easier. This type of assessment challenges top performers without overwhelming students whose skills are below grade level.
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8. Rasch unIT (RIT) Scale Grade-Level Norms 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 K 250
Equal interval
Used to show growth over time
Independent of grade level 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 K
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9. Normative Data: Bringing Context to the Data
Grade-level norms
Typical performance
Beginning, middle, and end of year
NWEA provides schools with norms every three years. This is anonymous data from more than 10 million students around the country. Knowing the top, middle, and bottom scores of all these students combined allows teachers to compare where one student is relative to other students and helps them identify how to help students grow.
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10. NWEA Research typical What are expected RIT scores and RIT growth?
Normative data, grades K – 11
Scale alignment studies (including alignment studies to the M-STEP)
Align RIT scale with state proficiency benchmarks
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11. Instructional Level versus Mastery
The MAP test:
Provides information about the instructional level of the student
Provides a road map for students toward achieving mastery
Is not a test for determining mastery of skills
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12. RIT can be thought of as…
250
Ready for
Instruction
195
Today
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13. Professional Learning Plan for MAP Growth Assessments
Today’s professional learning will focus on everything you need to know for administration of the assessment.
Immediately following the first administration of the assessment, professional learning will be provided on interpretation of the data.
Ongoing professional learning will take place over the course of the year as we get additional data from the later administrations.

14. Parent Communication Plan for MAP Growth Assessments
The district is developing communication to be shared with families about the MAP Growth assessment.
We are also developing the format for parent reports on student scores.
Similar to the procedures we used previously with SLRA and SLMA, parent reports on student scores will not be sent until the window for the assessment has closed. We will share that information with parents in our initial communication.