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NWEA MAP

NWEA MAP . Palmer Parent/Guardian Presentation. High Stakes. School accountability Teacher accountability Principal accountability. Agenda. What is NWEA MAP? Accessing Reports and Results. What is NWEA MAP?. PARENT TRAINING. What is NWEA MAP?. NWEA = NorthWest Evaluation Association

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NWEA MAP

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  1. NWEA MAP Palmer Parent/Guardian Presentation

  2. High Stakes • School accountability • Teacher accountability • Principal accountability

  3. Agenda • What is NWEA MAP? • Accessing Reports and Results

  4. What is NWEA MAP? PARENTTRAINING

  5. What is NWEA MAP? • NWEA = NorthWest Evaluation Association • Assessments • MAP = Measures of Academic Progress (Grades 2-8) • Subjects • Math, Reading (Grades 2-8) • Seasons (MAP) • Winter (OPTIONAL) • Spring (Required)

  6. Advantages of MAP/MPG • Adaptive Assessments • Questions adapt to each individual student (right/wrong answer determines difficulty of question) • Improves precision of results AND growth measurements • All students are virtually guaranteed to get 50% right

  7. Advantages of MAP • Single Scale of Measurement • Learning is a “highway” • RIT Scores are “mile-markers” • Any student in any grade can theoretically get any RIT score • No more ceiling/floor effects

  8. Advantages of MAP • Alignment • MAP is aligned to state standards and to common core • Focuses on “What’s Next” • Based on the continuum of learning associated with the scale of measurement • Provides views on specific sets of skills individual students are likely to have just learned, what they should learn next, and what they can be introduced to

  9. Advantages of MAP • Reporting & Analytics • Online testing and reporting system means instant results • Statistical alignment to ISAT = student predictions for proficiency • Grade-level national norms provide context for “at grade level” • Multiple attempts each year provide growth during the year • Collaboration & Resources • Widely used in IL (i.e. minimize “re-inventing the wheel”) • NWEA has been around since 1980’s, providing access to tons of resources for using and analyzing results • Professional development available at a cost

  10. Accessing Reports and Results

  11. Overview – Teachers use these • Getting Started • RIT Scale • Des Cartes / Goal Areas • Reports • Confidentiality • Start “small” • Focus on personal understanding and building capacity • TALK to your peers about results • TALK to families (at conferences) about results • Class breakdown report

  12. RIT Scale • RIT = Rasch Unit • “Learning Highway” • Aligned with skills students are learning from K to 12 • A “RIT Range” is 10 points, each represents a “mile marker” related to students arriving at a new set of skills to be learned • The higher the RIT score, the harder the content • Goal area / strand scores are only reported as RIT bands • Check out the RIT Reference charts at: http://www.nwea.org/support/article/1140

  13. Des Cartes • The skills students should be learning at each RIT band (for MAP, this is aligned with IL Standards and now with Common Core) • When “centered” on a student’s RIT score/band… • The band to the left represents skills the student is close to mastering • The band to the right represents skills the student can be introduced to • The band in the middle is what to focus on next

  14. Reports • Class breakdown report is one of the most useful reports in the NWEA system • Presents student performance by class and subject, with options to drill down into subjects (goal areas) or to examine predicted proficiency on the MCA • This is also connected to Des Cartes, so, for a group of students and a specific goal area, you can look at skills those students are likely to be successful in learning next

  15. Reports • While useful, reports in MAP are what all other reports are… just a representation of the student’s performance on a test • How well this reflects reality depends on a number of factors, but when it is a good reflection, it can be very useful information • Make sure to interpret the results in the context of other information (i.e. if they don’t feel right, investigate why) • Also, don’t use results in a vacuum… • Seek out the perspectives of your peers and give them yours • Talk over the results with families at conferences • Most importantly…DON’T IGNORE THE RESULTS! These results are intended to give you information which can help you improve instruction for students.

  16. Conferences • Student progress and goal setting PDFs have been provided to you • Teachers will reviewthese with students and parents, discussing: • Overall score related to district and national grade-level norms • Areas of strength and weakness (use RIT Reference charts to emphasize the kinds of questions the student is ready to learn, as well as what’s expected grade-level, given the grade-level average RIT) • Growth goals for the year

  17. Norm/Avg. for Fall G3 Math (192.1)

  18. Thank You!!! Questions?

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