Assessment Score Ranges Mapping to Learning Standards Update

Assessment Score Ranges Mapping to Learning Standards Update 4 Nov 2020

Assessment Score Ranges DATASTD-1469 Question on how to best support score ranges for learning standards. • Field-identified need for mapping score ranges to learning standards specific to individual assessments • Populated by assessment vendors • Used for understanding assessment results and for instructional planning and interventions • Two examples • ACT score ranges • NWEA MAP RIT bands

Updates based on review • Replace Score. Range. Type with Assessment. Reporting. Method • Optional reference to an Objective. Assessment

Proposed Extension • New entity for assessment score range mapped to learning standards • Key is Assessment reference (Assessment. Identifier + Namespace) + Score. Range. ID • Assessment. Reporting. Method indicates exactly which schore, the score range applies to • Optional reference to Objective. Assessment • Score. Range. Learning. Standard can be mapped to one or more Learning. Standards

Model specification

ACT Example • Score range is associated with a single entry in the model, denoting the standards beneath that it applies to • No overlap in learning standards across score ranges • Reference to Objective. Assessment

NWEA MAP Example • RIT scale scores represent student growth over time • RIT bands overlap in their mapping to learning standards