Measures of Academic Progress MAP Curt Nath Director

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Curt Nath Director of Curriculum Ocean City School District

MAP Overview § HOW is the MAP test being implemented? § WHAT is a MAP test? § WHY is the Ocean City School District using the MAP test? § WHICH resources are being utilized? (Test Reports & Instructional Resources) § WHERE do I go for more information? 2

District MAP Planning Grade Level 1 st Grade Fall MAP & Spring MAP Reading: Reading Primary Grades Common Core (Found. Skills, Lang/Writing, Lit/Info, Vocab) Math: Math Primary Grades Common Core (Algebra, Num/Operations, Meas/Data. Geometry) 2 nd-5 th Reading: Reading 2 -5 Common Core V 4 Math: Math 2 -5 Common Core V 4 6 th-8 th Reading: Reading 6+ Common Core Math: Math 6+ Common Core V 4 **End of Course: Algebra I 3

WHAT is the MAP Test? Measures of Academic Progress State-aligned computerized adaptive tests that accurately reflect the instructional level of each student and measure growth over time. This test provides the instructional level of the student. 4

QUALITY FEATURES OF MAP TEST • ADAPTIVE • INDICATE INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL • ENCOURAGES GROWTH & ESTABLISHED GROWTH TARGETS • PROVIDES USEFUL DATA WITH QUICK AND MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK 5

The RIT Scale § An EQUAL Interval Scale § NOT Grade Level Dependant § Measures Academic Growth § Enables teachers to recognize where to focus attention and how to provide instruction 6

Use More than One Point of Data Triangulation Local Classroom State Periodic (MAP) 7

MAP Resources § Reports & Instructional Resources for Teachers 4 Teacher Report (Alpha & RIT) 4 Class Breakdown by RIT 4 Lexile Report 4 Student Focused Goal Setting Worksheets § Grade-Level, School, & District Reports 4 Summary Reports by Cluster 4 Student Growth Summary Reports 4 Achievement Status & Growth Report (Pre & Post) § Reports for Parents 4 Individual Student Progress Report 8

Normative Data: Bringing Context to the Data § Grade-level norms 4 Typical performance 4 Fall and spring 4 New norms every 35 years 9

Interpreting the Class Breakdown by Overall RIT Report 10

Interpreting the Class Breakdown by Goal Report Kayana (225) 11

Des Cartes – A Tool for Teachers Skills & Concepts to Enhance 161 -170 Identifies and names a triangle Skills & Concepts to Develop 171 -180 Identifies and names a cube Skills & Concepts to Introduce 181 -190 Identifies shapes that are congruent 12

Individual Student Progress Report 4 District Average 4 Norm Group Average 4 Student Growth 4 Typical Growth 4 Descriptors 13

A Lexile (www. lexile. com) § A unit for measuring text difficulty 4 Semantic difficulty (Word Frequency) 4 Syntactic complexity (Sentence Length) § Linked to the RIT score § Doesn’t evaluate: 4 Genre 4 Theme 4 Content 4 Interest 4 Quality 14

Dynamic Reporting Suite: Lexile Report M Workbook p. 47 15

WHAT should I expect from my child? Student Goal Setting 4 Set growth goals 4 Monitor Progress 16

{District Summary Report} 177. 5 200. 9 219. 7 213. 6 198. 1 189. 1 183. 0 173. 6 201. 1 189. 9 219. 6 207. 1 197. 1 187. 3 204. 6 210. 2 216. 7 211. 1 220. 4 212. 4 205. 9 222. 3 213. 9 206. 9 Strengths and areas of concern comparing the performance of this group of students to their own mean/median

Student Growth Summary Report 18

Achievement Status and Growth (ASG) Summary Class Report 19

Achievement Status and Growth (ASG) Summary Class Report § Growth Index § Percent of Students Meeting Target § Percent of Target Met § Screen shot of summary info 20

FACTS ABOUT MAP TESTING § MAP was founded over 40 years ago as a not-forprofit formed by researchers and educators from school districts in the Pacific Northwest. § NWEA provides MAP to more than 5, 200 school districts across the United States. § MAP is a computer-based adaptive assessment that provides precise and immediate feedback so teachers can pinpoint current student learning needs, personalize instructional planning and promote student engagement. 21

FACTS ABOUT MAP TESTING § MAP is a trusted resource for measuring individual student achievement, calculating student growth, projecting proficiency on high-stakes assessments, and comparing a student’s growth to that of students in Ocean City and across the country. § MAP is an interim test to measure academic status, irrespective of the grade level at which a student is performing. § NJASK is a summative test, designed to measure the culmination of a student’s learning within grade level administered at the end of the school year for accountability purposes. 22

MYTHS ABOUT MAP TESTING § MAP is just another high-stakes test. 4 Map provides an immediate snapshot of where a student is performing today, irrespective of grade level, as opposed to the state summative test (NJASK/HPSA and PARCC) that only provides an annual grade level view. § Teachers don’t know what content MAP covers. 4 MAP is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and measures progress to the standards. § Administration of MAP takes too much time. 4 The typical MAP assessment is 42 -50 questions long and is completed by most students in about an hour. 23

MYTHS ABOUT MAP TESTING § Computerized adaptive testing is unfair to students. 4 MAP adaptive assessments provide a balanced approach for measuring a student’s academic status and growth. MAP generates precise estimates of achievement regardless of whether a student is performing at grade level, far above or far below. 4 High performers will be challenged and given an accurate result of their achievement level. 4 MAP draws from a test question pool of over 32, 000 questions aligned to state standards. Every student receives a different assessment that is appropriately adjusted to their performance level. 24

MYTHS ABOUT MAP TESTING § MAP is not a valid test. 4 MAP is a valid test for measuring a student’s achievement status to state standards, academic growth, and projecting proficiency to state standards. The numerical (RIT) value assigned to a student represents the most difficult question that he or she is capable of answering correctly about 50% of the time. Students taking the MAP test receive a statistically derived RIT score. 25

WWW. NWEA. ORG § Parent Toolkit § Sample Parent L 26