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Norm-referenced, computer-adaptive
assessment tool administered to
Kindergarten – grade 11 three
times/year that actually measures
growth
Created by the Northwest
Evaluation Association
(http://www.nwea.org)
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10.Adaptive
9. Norm-referenced
8. Growth measure
7. Universal screener for RtI
6. Ease of grouping kids to differentiate content
5. Yield instructional plans
4. Predictor of CRCT performance
3. CRCT is not enough
2. Student goal-setting
1. SSAS rule possibility?
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Millions of questions, individualized for
students
 Testing environment secure
Learning level
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Percentile
5,000,000 kids
annually
50 states
Normed every 3
years (ITBS
every 7)
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RIT scale
 Rausch Interval
Scale (Rausch –
mathematician)
 Equal-interval,
like Normal
Curve Equivalent
(NCE) on ITBS
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Mathematics Goal Performance Areas
Level
Numbers and Operations
Average
Measurement
Average
Geometry
High
Algebra
High Average
Data Analysis & Probability
High Average
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Measures growth fall-fall or spring-spring or
fall-spring
We choose fall-spring
3-4 x/year: August, December and April
Possibly summer school evaluation
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A.)
Extremely confident
B.)
Confident
C.)
Unconfident
D.)
Extremely unconfident
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A.)
Extremely confident
B.)
Confident
C.)
Unconfident
D.)
Extremely unconfident
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Algebra
Data
Analysis &
Probability
Geometry
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Class by RIT reports offers grouping by
readiness to differentiate content
The “what” is the GPS, but which GPS should be
presented for that group of children?
Skills and concepts to
Enhance
Skills and Concepts to
Develop
Skills and Concepts to
Introduce
Algebraic Relationships
and Patterns
Algebraic Relationships
and Patterns
Algebraic Relationships
and Patterns
Extends a growing
arithmetic pattern,
defined by numbers
Extends a growing
arithmetic pattern,
defined by diagrams or
shapes
Extends a growing
arithmetic pattern,
recursively adding X more
each time
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High School U.S. History: teacher using MAP
Reading scores
Young
teenagelevel text
Collegelevel text
Same
content
Graphic
novel
High schoollevel text
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Growth is not Proficiency
 4 categories of students
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Proficiency
 +
Growth
+
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Grade
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
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MAP
alignment to MAP percentile
CRCT cut score
182
189
195
193
200
199
12th
12th
12th
7th
11th
7th
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Considered to be a high-leverage strategy
Student Goal-setting Worksheets generated by
MAP
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Single Statewide Accountability System
In lieu of CRCT, growth targets on MAP
System Charter did not yield flexibility
Yet
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