USING NWEA MAP SCORES
TO DIFFERENTIATE BY
READINESS
Michelle Wrona
TODAY’S KUD:
Understand: Teachers will understand that MAP
scores can be used to design and implement
differentiated activities.
 KNOW: Teachers will know the components of a
tiered lesson & how to develop a tiered lesson
using MAP Scores.
 Do: Teachers will create instructional activities
suited for each tier of your readiness group.
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TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Show
& Tell of my differentiated activities.
 Use MAP scores to assign our students.
 Create a KUD for our activity.
 Design the activity.
 Share our ideas.
WHAT IS
DIFFERENTIATION?
It is not
what we
teach,
it is
HOW
WE
TEACH
“A systematic approach to
planning curriculum and
instruction for academically
diverse learners” that provides
students of different abilities,
interests, or learning needs
equally appropriate ways to
learn (Tomlinson & Strickland, p.7).”
DIFFERENTIATING BY READINESS
Why?
 To appropriately
challenge all
learners
Goal:
“make the work a little
too difficult for
students at a given
point in their growthand then to provide
the support they need
to succeed at a new
level of challenge”
Tomlinson & Strickland, p. 6
When we differentiate by
Readiness we should consider
student:
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“Attitude (toward school & topic)
Experience with the topic (outside
of school or previous courses)
Knowledge, understanding, and
skill with the topic
Misunderstandings about the
topic
Overgeneralizations about the
topic
General communication, thinking,
& reasoning skills”
Strickland, p. 8-9
WHAT IS NEEDED TO DIFFERENTIATE?
3 Things
Folder from Previous Session Includes:
 RIT Score Chart
 Unique
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to each teacher based on their class
Descartes Packet
 Subject
specific
 To access another subject – visit the NWEA map
website.

Ladder Document
 Template
for your differentiation by readiness
INSTRUCTIONAL LADDER
(AS DEFINED BY NWEA MAP)
Levels of Readiness:
NO ONE KNOWS? (Expert/Mastery)
A FEW KNOW? (Intermediate)
MOST KNOW? (Emerging)
ALL KNOW? (Beginner)
Northwest Evaluation Association. Instructional Ladders. Portland, Oregon: NWEA, 2011, p.8
INSTRUCTIONAL LADDERS
(AS DEFINED BY NWEA MAP)
215 is the MEAN for 10th Grade General Science Fall
This would typically make the 211-220 Range Rung 2
231 +
221-230
211-220
Below
210
Examine the grade level norm
for your content area.
Considering that this is where
most of the students should be,
use this and the distribution of
your students’ RIT scores to
determine the cut scores for
each rung of the ladder.
Northwest Evaluation Association. Instructional Ladders. Portland, Oregon: NWEA, 2011, p.8
YELLOW Sheet
INSTRUCTIONAL LADDER
PLACE YOUR STUDENTS
ON THE APPROPRIATE
RUNG OF THE LADDER
(Using your Class by RIT
Reports)
Please take out:
-Blank Ladder Document
-RIT Scores
Northwest Evaluation Association. Instructional Ladders. Portland, Oregon: NWEA, 2011, p.8
PLANNING YOUR DIFFERENTIATED LESSON:
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Start with KUD
Focus your attention on the Respirometer Lab (white) example.
Remember your
Know, Understand &
Do should be the
same for all
students!
EXAMPLE: RESPIROMETER LAB (YELLOW)
Lowest Rung
EXAMPLE: RESPIROMETER LAB (YELLOW)
Middle Rung
EXAMPLE: RESPIROMETER LAB (YELLOW)
Top Rung
EXAMPLE: RESPIROMETER LAB (PINK)
 Lab
data
collection was
the same for
all students.
EXAMPLE: RESPIROMETER LAB (PINK)
Differentiated
application
Post-Lab:
of the data the students collected
varied by readiness level.
LOWER RUNG – LOWER RIT SCORE RANGE (≤210)
(PINK)
MIDDLE RUNG – MIDDLE RIT SCORE RANGE (220-211)
(PINK)
TOP RUNG – HIGHEST RIT SCORE (221-230)
(PINK)
BLUE Sheet
EXAMPLE 2:
This activity
was designed
from the MAP
reading
scores.
EXAMPLE #2 OMNIVORES' DILEMMA (BLUE)
EXAMPLE #2 OMNIVORES' DILEMMA (BLUE)
Lower Rung
EXAMPLE #2 OMNIVORES' DILEMMA (BLUE)
Middle Rung
EXAMPLE #2 OMNIVORES' DILEMMA (BLUE)
Top Rung
LOWER RUNG – LOWER RIT SCORE RANGE (≤220) (GOLD)
MIDDLE RUNG – MIDDLE RIT SCORE RANGE (230-221) (GOLD)
TOP RUNG – HIGHEST RIT SCORE (ABOVE 230)
(GOLD)
NOW IT’S YOUR TURN
Write
your KUD
Design activities for each rung
of your ladder
Consult
Share
the Descarte Packet
ideas.
HELPFUL WEBSITES
Resources for Idaho Teachers
 www.foridahoteachers.org
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HELPFUL TEXT
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The DI Team has
been utilizing and
learning from
Carol A. Tomlinson &
Cindy A. Strickland