NWEA

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Partnering to help all kids learn

• NWEAs Vision
• A world in which education is kid-centric,
• relying on accurate
• and comprehensive data
• to inform each childs
• optimal learning path.

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MAP Suite of Assessments

• Measures of Academic Progress
• Computerized assessment
• Adapts to each child as they take the test
• PreK-12 for longitudinal data
• Immediate feedback
• Provides highly accurate data
• Finds instructional level, not mastery level

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Rasch unIT (RIT) Scale

• Achievement scale
• Equal-interval scale
• Shows growth over time
• Independent of grade level

Grade-Level Norms
DesCartes
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Normative Data Sheet
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The MAP Adaptive Assessment
Adult Reading
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Beginning Literacy
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Accessing Reports
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Teacher Report
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Instructional Resources Reports
Class by RIT
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Instructional Resources DesCartes
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Setting Goals


See P. 10 in Reporting Tools
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Student Progress - Numerical
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Student Progress - Graph
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Linking Study Projected Proficiency
Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, Advanced
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District Summary Report

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District Growth Reporting
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MAP for Primary Grades (MPG)

• Screening tests
• Assess basic letter/number skills
• Skills Checklist tests
• Assess developing literacy/numeracy skills
• Survey with Goals (adaptive tests)
• Measures growth in reading math skills

www.nwea.org/assessments/primary.asp
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The MAP Foundation Series

• MAP Administration
• Implement and administer MAP assessments
• Measure student progress and identify
  instructional needs
• Develop a sustainable process for continuous
  improvement
• Stepping Stones to Using Data
• Analyze and interpret real student data from your
  MAP reports
• Make informed decisions around student
  goal-setting
• Share best practices for increasing student
  learning
• Climbing the Data Ladder
• Use real-time MAP data to develop instructional
  strategies
• Develop differentiated instruction plans to meet
  student needs
• Use DesCartes to design data-informed lessons and
  instructional ladders
• Growth and Goals
• Develop skills at analyzing growth data
• Lead change and make effective planning decisions
• Evaluate programs, practices, and curricular
  objectives

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Comparison to the PSSA
PSSA MAP Summative Instructional level Over
the bar Growth data Grade specific Child
Specific Yearly Once a season Results in
months Immediate results Grades 3-8,
11 K-12 Aligned to standards Also aligned
Lexiles
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Questions?
Northwest Evaluation Association Portland, OR

Jim Tilghman 260-432-3963 jim.tilghman_at_nwea.org
Together we can make a difference for every
child!
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Scoring Explanation
Scoring Explanation for item 50014500 Scoring Explanation for item 50014500 Justifications
Full credit C. Communication became faster and easier This is the correct answer. This demonstrates full understanding of the impact of the telephone in the 1800s.
Partial credit B. Women got new jobs as operators This is a partially correct answer. This demonstrates a partial understanding of the impact of the telephone in the 1800s. While women did have added employment opportunities, the impact of the telephone on communication is universal and ubiquitous.
No credit Options A and D