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Measures of Academic Progress Northwest Education Association

Bernards Twp. BOE April 9, 2018

• Mrs. Kristin Fox, Supervisor of Social Studies - MAP Coordinator
• Dr. Brian Heineman, Director of Curriculum

Assessment

• Improves teaching & learning
• Results can be used to make adjustments to

instructional plan; respond to student needs

• 3 Types: Diagnostic (before), Formative (during),

Summative (after)

• MAP is a diagnostic tool while PARCC is a

summative assessment

• “Assessment is Messy”, no assessment tells the whole

story

Why Use MAP?

• To improve student learning and provide

teachers with skill-specific data measuring student growth

• To build familiarity with computer-based

assessments - PARCC

• To evaluate our program and support

curriculum revision

• To inform course placement decisions where

appropriate

What is MAP?

• Computer-based Assessment that is:

– Adaptive – Untimed – Diagnostic – Measure of typical growth – Measure of growth over time – Provides immediate feedback

What does MAP assess?

• Grades 2-8 Common Core ELA Measures:

– Literature – Informational Text – Foundations/Vocabulary – (Lexiles, Reading Levels)

• Grades 2-8 Common Core Mathematics

Measures: – Algebraic Thinking – Numbers & Operations – Fractions – Measurement & Data – Geometry

Assessment Timeline

• Winter and spring administration
• Tested in computer labs or on

Chromebooks

• Untimed
• 50 minutes per assessment, on average
• Teachers access student data within 48

hours

What it measures

More information available at: https://community.nwea.org/docs/DOC-2568

How it works?

MAP is NOT

• An Intelligence (IQ) Test
• A Summative (Achievement) Test

❖It does not tell us what students

know, it tells us what students are ready to learn

How is MAP used?

• By teachers:

– To select differentiated reading materials – To create flexible groups where appropriate – To develop tiered activities

• By administrators:

– To analyze data for trends in student growth by grade and subject – To plan for professional development based on data

Reporting

• Results:

❖ are broken down by sub-skills ❖ are cumulative to show growth over time ❖ show student progress ❖ show district averages ❖ show national norms

❖ show comparisons to “like” districts

Class Report

Class Breakdown:

Instructional Resources

Class Breakdown:

Learning Continuum

Individual Student Progress Report Sent home at end of school year

Student Profile: Next Gen Report

Achievement Status & Growth Report

Achievement Status & Growth Report (continued)

Professional Development

• Grade Level Meetings(Elementary)
• Team Meetings (WAMS)
• Professional Learning Community (PLC) Meetings
• Faculty Meetings
• Staff College classes
• NWEA Regional Workshops

Benefits of the MAP Assessment

– Focus on student growth ❖ Individualized, adaptive assessment ❖ Norm-referenced, no ceiling ❖ Provides teachers with timely feedback on student strengths and weaknesses ❖ Leading actionable data, predictive – Provides us with consistent, reliable and longitudinal data – Builds student familiarity with computer-based assessments – Additional data point for use in placement decisions; G&T, Instructional Support, Grade 7 Algebra

Research

• NWEA: Northwest Evaluation

Association – Founded 1970s by education researchers – Non-profit organization – www.nwea.org

• Growth Research Database

– 12 years, 4.5 billion test items, 50 states, 7800+ partners, 8 million students

• National Education Research

– Vanderbilt, Brown, Fordham

• State Standards

– https://www.nwea.org/content/uploads/2017/07/ PARCC-MAP-Linking-Study_2016.pdf

• Sample pool includes anonymous

data from over 10.2 million students to create national norms, pulled from more than six million test events and 23,000 schools

• 248 schools and districts in New

Jersey