Explanation
It takes more than a yardstick to track your
child’s growth. You probably use many
different kinds of measures yourself (a bathroom
scale, birthday pictures, even toes breaking
through the end of tennis shoes) all are a means
to measure your child’s growth. Likewise, we
use different measures to chart student’s
academic progress. No single test can give a full
accounting of a student’s ability. The MAP test,
however, assists teachers with this endeavor and
provides them valuable information regarding
the educational needs of students. Each test used
provides one part of the whole picture for your
student’s academic growth and skill base.
This brochure accompanies a report (or data
provided by your student’s teacher) of your
student’s performance on one of the tests –the
NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)
tests. As part of Bloomfield School District’s
comprehensive assessment program, students
take NWEA math and reading tests during the
fall and spring of grades 2-9 as short-cycle
assessment. Naaba Ani choose to also
administer the winter assessment. The test is
computer adaptive, meaning that as the student
gets answers correct, the test becomes
progressively more advanced, or vice-versa.
These tests provide teachers information
regarding student academic strengths,
weaknesses, growth, and assists in the lesson
plan design process of targeting specific areas
appropriately. Two scores are printed on the
Reading Report. One is the RIT score, and the
other is the Lexile Score.
The RIT Score
The RIT score is an average of individual
achievement. It is an equal-interval score and is
obtained by averaging the scores in the sub goal
stand areas that are tested.
The student RIT score shows the current active
learning level of your child, or questions at a
difficulty level that your child answered correctly
about 50% of the time.
In the tables to your right, locate your child’s RIT
score in Reading and Math. The tables list
“typical” RIT averages for grades 2-9. For
example, if your child is a fifth grader and has a
reading Winter RIT score of 213, your child has
demonstrated skills that are typical for an average
fifth grade level student. The RIT values are
determined through national Norm studies
conducted in 2011 for the MAP test.
The Lexile Score
The Lexile score for reading provides a tool to help
teachers and parents accelerate student growth by
helping to select books and teaching materials that
are appropriately challenging. The Lexile
framework ranks texts according to word difficulty
and sentence length.
Each student’s score lists a Lexile range. The
Lexile range helps to predict whether the student
will be able to understand reading assignments at
particular levels. This helps teachers modify
assignments, materials, or instructional programs
to better match student abilities.
RIT Score Averages
Grade
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Fall
175.9
189.9
199.8
207.1
212.3
216.3
219.3
221.4
223.2
Reading RIT
Winter
183.6
194.6
203.2
209.8
214.3
218.2
221.2
221.9
223.4
Spring
189.6
199.2
206.7
212.3
216.4
219.7
222.4
222.9
223.8
Fall
178.2
192.1
203.8
212.9
219.6
225.6
230.2
233.8
234.2
Math RIT
Winter
185.5
198.5
208.7
217.8
222.8
228.2
232.8
234.9
235.5
Spring
191.3
203.1
212.5
221.0
225.6
230.5
234.5
236.0
236.6
Grade
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
NWEA scores and NMSBA scores correlate
closely as they are both constructed from the New
Mexico state standards and benchmarks.
Naaba Ani Elementary
Fall 2014 Score
2014-2015 Student Performance
Naaba Ani Elementary
Winter 2015 Score
2014-2015 Student Performance
Math Grade 4
Math Grade 4
Beginning
Considerably Below Grade Level
Beginning
Considerably Below Grade Level
55%
xx%
Nearing Proficient
Nearing Grade Level
Nearing Proficient
Nearing Grade Level
39%
xx%
Naaba Ani
More Data To Come This Winter
Elementary
Proficient
At or Above Grade Level
Proficient
At or Above Grade Level
6%
xx%
Reading Grade 4
Reading Grade 4
Beginning
Considerably Below Grade Level
Beginning
Considerably Below Grade Level
24%
xx%
Nearing Proficient
Nearing Grade Level
Nearing Proficient
Nearing Grade Level
62%
xx%
Proficient
At or Above Grade Level
Proficient
At or Above Grade Level
14%
xx%
Grade 4
2014-2015
NWEA
School-wide
Data
Brochure
2011 Norms