Teachers Guide to

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• Teachers Guide to
• Measures of Academic Progress
• MAP

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Intended Accomplishments

• Introductions
• MAP Basics
• Test Administration
• Demo of TestTaker
• Reports
• Communicating with Parents
• Other Resources
• Looking Ahead
• Optional Lab Practice

Handout Agenda
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Key to Pictures Youll See
discussion item
key point
a tool for your use
something to think about
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What questions do you want answered today?

• What do you want to know about MAP assessments
  and the reports you will receive?
• How can this workshop meet the needs of your
  district?

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NWEA Partner Districts
We partner with schools and districts to help all
kids learn.
British Columbia
Venezuela
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Our Purpose

• Our purpose is to help all kids learn
• more tomorrow than today,
• more next year than this year.
• Our purpose is growth and
• improvement of learning.

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NWEA Mission

• Partnering
• to help
• all kids learn

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Quick Survey

• Have you attended a MAP Intro workshop?
• What do you already know about MAP?

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Pre-Assessment

• How is MAP different from conventional
  assessments?
• What does the RIT scale measure?
• What are some of the features of the RIT scale?
• How does the MAP system know where to give a
  student the first question?
• How soon is data available after a student takes
  a MAP test?

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Assumptions of Graded Schools

• Curriculum scale
• Skills taught may begin with associating sounds
  with letters in K-1, to adult levels in high
  school
• Typically, we feel restricted to covering
  specific curricula related to adopted grade level
  standards

Does this design meet the needs of all students?
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How does classroom reality relate to our
assumptions?

• We have students performing above, at, and below
  this grade level curriculum
• How does this impact assessment and instruction?
• The profound challenge

How do we foster growth for all students?
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Instructional Level vs. Mastery

• The NWEA test provides the instructional level of
  the student.
• It provides a road map for students toward
  achieving mastery.
• It is not a test for determining mastery of
  skills.

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Features of MAP Test

• Challenging, appropriate and dynamically
  developed for every student
• Accurate data for students across the scale
• Untimed
• Purpose is internal accountability
• Measures growth in student achievement
• Immediate results
• Can test up to 4 times a year

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Design Features of MAP Test
Adult Reading
MAP Test
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5th Grade
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Beginning Literacy
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RIT (Rasch Unit) Scale

• Achievement scale
• Equal interval
• Growth over time
• Consistent scale

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Checkpoint

• How is MAP different from conventional
  assessments?
• What does the RIT scale measure?
• What are some of the features of the RIT scale?
• How does the MAP system know where to give a
  student the first question?
• How soon is data available after a student takes
  a MAP test?

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Uses of MAP

• Intake testing
• Parent conferences
• Monitoring progress across time
• Course Placement
• Monitoring students in Special Programs

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How do I know which test to give?

• GOALS Survey
• 42-52 items
• 1 hour to administer
• Gives information on goal areas
• Most commonly used fall and spring

• Survey
• 20 items
• 30 minutes to administer
• NO INFORMATION on goal areas
• OVERALL RIT only
• Most commonly used for intake and winter testing

Handbook Page 3 Guidelines for Choosing the
Correct Test Handout - Goal Structure
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Role of MAP Coordinator

• Key point of contact
• Distributes all user names and passwords
• Receives all updates
• Coordinates the entire process
• New Class Roster File

Handbook Pages 4-7 Roles and Responsibilities
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Principal

• Distributes user names and passwords
• Assists with scheduling
• Confirms teachers are in student data file
• Confirms teachers have copies of reports
• Meets with grade level teams on MAP data

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One Week Prior to Testing

• Provide list(s) of students
• Seating arrangements
• Special testing arrangements
• Review schedule
• Prepare students

Handbook Pages 8-9 Reminders for Teachers
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Other Important Reminders

• Outside materials
• Importance of listening to directions
• Importance of doing their best

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Talking to Students Before Testing

• Teacher responsibility
• Explain purpose of test
• Not expected to know the answer to every question
• Cannot skip questions
• Cannot go back
• Pop-up calculator and scroll bar
• Use MAP Student Presentation http//www.nwea.org
  
• Select ltSupportgt, then ltDocument Librarygt

Handout Guide to Talking to Students about the
Test
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NWEA Resources

• http//www.nwea.org
• Click link ltSupportgt

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NWEA Resources
Document Library
Knowledge Base
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Allowable Accommodations

• No reading any part of language usage or reading
  test
• May help with a difficult word in math as long as
  no additional clues are given
• If IEP allows test to be read to student, this
  may be done in math or science
• If one-on-one testing is needed for a student,
  plan ahead

Handbook Pages 10 Allowable Accommodations and
Modifications
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Day of Testing

• Take break before lab
• Students should bring a library book to read
  after testing
• Be there on time
• Help seat students
• Remain in lab

Handbook Pages 11-12 Proctors Duties During
Testing
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Demo of TestTaker Application
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Handbook Page 17 Student Score Log Sheet
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MAP Reports

• Teachers (Reports Web Site)
• Teacher, Student Progress, Class Roster, Students
  Not Tested
• Instructional Resources (additional cost)
• MAP Coordinator
• Class (by RIT and/or Alpha), Achievement Status
  Growth, Student Progress, Alpha by Grade, School
  Summary, District Summary, Student Growth
  Summary, Student Growth District Summary
• Leaders Edge (additional cost)
• Principals
• Class (by RIT and/or Alpha), Achievement Status
  Growth, Student Progress, Alpha by Grade, School
  Summary, Student Growth Summary

Complete reports available only at the end of
testing window
Handbook Page 19 MAP Reports
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Whats the difference between MAP classroom
reports?
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Accessing MAP Reports
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Teachers receive their user name and password
from Principal (from MAP Coordinator)
Go to https//reports.nwea.org
Handout Guide to Accessing Teacher Level
Reports
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Accessing MAP Teacher Reports
Must have Adobe Acrobat Reader loaded on computer
to open the file
Handout Guide to Accessing Teacher Level
Reports
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Accessing MAP Teacher Reports
Handout Guide to Accessing Teacher Level
Reports
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Teacher Report
Preliminary
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Class Rosters
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Class Rosters Student List
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Student Information
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Class Rosters Student List
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Individual Student Progress Report
Handout Sample Individual Student Progress
Report Annotated Report
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Students Not Tested
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Students Not Tested
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Students Not Tested
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Sample Class Report (Final)
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Percentile grade level dependent (NWEA norm)
NOTE goal descriptors (HI,AV,LO) ARE grade
dependent
RIT not grade level dependent
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Achievement Status Growth Report
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Invalidations and Retesting

• Invalidations
• Invalid test events
• Retesting

Handbook Pages 13-15 Invalid Scores and Retesting
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Communicating with Students and Parents

• RIT Reference Chart
• Goal structures

Handbook Page 20 Communicating with Parents and
Students Handout RIT Reference Chart Goal
Strand Structure
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Individual Student Progress Report
Available to teachers with teacher reports
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NWEA Monitoring Growth Document
typical

• What are expected RIT and growth scores?

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Monitoring Growth in Student Achievement
Mathematics Achievement and Growth
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Handout Monitoring Growth in Student
Achievement
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RIT Block Growth Norms
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5.4
RIT Block Growth Norm Chart - Handout
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NWEA Learning Continuum

• A useful tool for assisting in instructional
  development
• Can use in goal setting for students
• Helpful for flexible grouping planning

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Learning continuum sequence of skills
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The Learning Continuum

• http//www.nwea.org
• Select link ltData-Toolsgt

Login
Handout Sample Learning Continuum page from web
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The Learning Continuum
Another Sample Report
Subject Reading Subcomponent Word Analysis and
Vocabulary Development RIT Score Range 201-210
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A Lexile is
A unit for measuring text difficulty that is
linked to the RIT score, Northwest Evaluation
Associations unit for measuring reading
comprehension. These links allow teachers to use
the students RIT score to find books,
periodicals, and other reading materials that
will be appropriately challenging for each
student.
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The Lexile score represents
Lexile
NWEA RIT
the level of text that a student can read with
75 comprehension. For a student with a RIT of
205, books with a 600 Lexile provide an excellent
match with the students instructional reading
level. The book, After the Rain by Norma Mazer is
a 600L text.
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Look at the Lexile as a range of scores
The upper part of a 500-650L range might be used
for the students group reading program
instructional reading level
Lexile
NWEA RIT
650L
205
600L
The teacher might use the lower part of this
range as a target for the students
independent reading level
500L
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Guided instruction vs. independent reading
Lexile
NWEA RIT

• Guided instruction (50)
• ? 75 Comprehension
• Independent (-100)

650L
600L
205
500L
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Lexile Resources
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Next Steps

• Stepping Stones to Using Data workshop
• Interpreting your reports
• Class and Goal breakdowns
• Parent conferencing
• Putting the data to use
• Climbing the Data Ladder workshop
• Goal setting
• Differentiating instruction
• Planning lessons around the state standards and
  the Learning Continuum
• Lexile in-depth

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Help us learn from you

• Please complete the evaluation form
• Place it in the designated spot on the way out.
• Thanks!!!

Handout Evaluation Form
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Sound button
This button allows the question to be read in
Spanish.
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On PCs, use ltControlgt ltShiftgt ltPgt to move to
Proctor Administration Menu. On Macs, use ltApplegt
ltShiftgt ltPgt to move to Proctor Administration
Menu.
Returns you back to the test in progress.
You can add a comment DURING the test event
regarding any issues you feel recording.
Allows you to shut down the test, either to
RESUME or NOT TO RESUME. IMPORTANT NOTE Only use
resume if you intend to bring the student back
into the test, otherwise this shows up as an
incomplete test event, which makes it appear as
data is missing.
This is a list of pre-defined codes for
invalidation purposes. By selecting one of these
codes, the test will AUTOMATICALLY be
invalidated. Some examples could be Student
refused to take the test or Student was
cheating.
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These are PRELIMINARY scores ONLY!!! Class
reports will have the FINAL scores.