NWEA MAP TESTING
Harmony School of Technology
September 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th
Parent Information for Fall 2020 NWEA MAP Administration
WHO
The only students that are not required to test (but may if the campus would like) are STAAR Alt2 students. Campus Testing Coordinators will submit names of STAAR Alt2 students to central office to have those students removed from internal reporting.
TECHNOLOGY
Your scholar is scheduled to take these online assessments between September 8th - September 28th. We are asking each family to complete this technology check before September 11th so that we may help you troubleshoot any issues that your family may experience before the testing window begins. To check if your device meets the minimum requirements, please click here.
Log in
Each student will log on to the NWEA MAP testing platform from their Harmony student portal account. The student will click the “nwea student” icon.
How
All NWEA MAP Sessions will be proctored via Zoom by personnel from your scholar’s campus. Your scholar’s instructors will provide them with the Zoom session information as well as any required test-specific log in information for your scholar.
When
The Fall 2020 NWEA MAP Administration is scheduled to be administered from September 8th – September 28th. In this unique time of all online learning, we have developed a standardized schedule to administer MAP to make sure that it is done uniformly across the system. The administration window will be as follows.
Make-up testing may be completed after the student tests on the same day OR on Monday (Sep 21). While these tests do not have a time limit, the average time spent by Harmony students in 2019 was just over one hour. We urge our families to monitor their scholar(s) closely when they are taking this assessment to make sure that their scholar is taking their time, using their testing strategies, and putting forward their best efforts to ensure that we receive the most accurate data about your student.
Test Security
During an in-person administration of this assessment, the test proctor is able to walk around the room to monitor each scholar and make sure that each scholar is taking their time and behaving responsibly. In this new virtual setting, we are asking for your assistance in making sure that your scholar’s test is secure and they are following testing expectations such as the following
● Make sure they have completed the technology check before September 11th.
● If your scholar is unfamiliar with the testing platform, we will be completing a practice test with them to make sure they are familiar with the platform as well as make sure they know how to get into the Zoom session
● During the Zoom test administration, please monitor your scholar to make sure they are taking their time and using their testing strategies
During the Zoom test administration, please do not allow your scholar to have their cellphones with them or any other windows open on their computer other than their MAP test and their Zoom.
● During the Zoom test administration, please do not allow your scholar to use any outside resources
● During the Zoom test administration, please make sure that your scholar does not have access to their cell phone.
Accessibility
For our scholars with documented supports needed for STAAR testing, we will implement those supports as much as possible for the corresponding MAP tests.
Troubleshooting and Additional Questions
For any troubleshooting or additional questions, please contact your Campus Testing Coordinator, Mehmet Sevinc, at msevinc@harmonytx.org