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Measures of Academic Progress™ (MAP) Overview

Measures of Academic Progress™ (MAP) Overview. Northern Tier Schools October 26, 2011 Carol Jessen and JaLena Slack cjessen@esu8.org jslack@esu8.org ESU #8 The mission of Educational Service Unit 8 is to provide educational leadership and services that improve

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Measures of Academic Progress™ (MAP) Overview

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  1. Measures of Academic Progress™ (MAP) Overview Northern Tier Schools October 26, 2011 Carol Jessen and JaLena Slack cjessen@esu8.orgjslack@esu8.org ESU #8 The mission of Educational Service Unit 8 is to provide educational leadership and services that improve teaching and learning through quality partnerships

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. - - - + + + + + The MAP Adaptive Assessment AdultReading MAP Test x x x x x x x 6th Grade - x x x x x - x x - 195 x Beginning Literacy

  5. Rasch unIT (RIT) Scale • Achievement scale • Equal-interval scale • Used to show growth over time • Independent of grade level Grade-Level Norms RIT Skills Data 250 DesCartes or Primary Grades Instructional Data 10 9 8 7 7 6 6 5 4 3 2 1 K 120

  6. Ready for Instruction Today • Ready for • Instruction • Today RIT Skills and Concepts 250 DesCartes or Primary Grades Instructional Data 195 120

  7. Features of MAP™ Assessments • Challenging and appropriate • Dynamically developed • Accurate data • Untimed • Measures growth • Immediate results • May test up to four times a year (Science assessment can be given up to 3 times per year.)

  8. 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 How do I know which test to give?

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  10. Now let’s try it! A 10

  11. Log In

  12. Test Selection Choose the Subject

  13. Test Selection Choose the Correct Test Click Add

  14. Student Selection

  15. Start Screen

  16. Mathematics Item

  17. Reading Item

  18. Proctor Administration Menu • To access this screen: • Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows) • Apple+Shift+P (Mac)

  19. Terminate Test

  20. Student Selection

  21. Resume Test

  22. Mathematics Item

  23. End of Test

  24. Student Selection

  25. How Can MAP Data Be Used? • Finding gaps • Monitoring progress • Monitoring programs • Conferencing • Informing instructional decisions

  26. 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

  27. Reports Login • http://www.nwea.org

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

  29. Accessing the Teacher Report

  30. Activity with the Teacher Report Investigate a Class • What subject, grade, and season is this report? • Which student has the highest RIT score? • Which student has the lowest RIT score? • Which student has the median RIT score? • Which goal area has the highest mean?

  31. Making the Grade-Level Connection • Highest RIT score = what grade level? • Lowest RIT score = what grade level? • Median RIT score = what grade level? • Which students are three points or more from the grade level median?

  32. Accessing Class Rosters

  33. 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

  34. Accessing Instructional Resources: Class by RIT Reports Class Breakdown by Goal for Reading

  35. 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

  36. Accessing DesCartes or Primary Grades Instructional Data Workbook pp. 14-18

  37. Activity with Instructional Resources How might you use these reports? • As an individual teacher • As a grade-level team • Across grade levels

  38. Questions??? http://www.nwea.org/support

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