Getting to Know NWEA
HSE Assessment Update 2014-15
What are NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) for Primary Grades (MPG)?
How Important are the assessments to students and teachers?
What are NWEA Measures of Academic Progress Used For?
How Do the Tests Measure Growth in Learning?
What Do the Tests Cover?
Each Measure of Academic Progress is made up of parts which are called goals. Take a look at these sample goal areas for each test. Your student will take tests with goals that are similar to these.
Reading
· Foundational Skills
· Literature and Informational text
· Vocabulary Use and Functions
· Language and Writing
Mathematics
· Algebraic Thinking
· Number and Operations
· Measurement and Data
· Geometry
When you, your student, and your student’s teacher look at NWEA results, it may become apparent that certain goal areas need more attention than others.
Do All Students Take the Same Test?
Yes and No.
All students take a computerized reading and math test. Although every test has questions covering the same goal areas, not every test has the same questions, and test questions vary in difficulty. In a computerized adaptive test, the difficulty of the test is adjusted to the student’s performance, so each student sees different test questions.
The difficulty of each question is based on how well the student has answered the questions up to that point. As the student answers correctly, the questions become more difficult. If the student answers incorrectly, the questions become easier.
How is MAP for Primary (MPG) different from MAP for 2nd-10th grade:
Monitoring Growth in Student Achievement
Monitoring Growth in Student Achievement
The following table shows “average” RIT scores based on students nationwide. By locating your child’s grade level, you can compare his/her RIT scores from the Individual Student Report to the average scores of all students fall and spring.
Mathematics
Grade--- Fall--- Spring
K--------- 144----- 159
1--------- 163------179
2--------- 178----- 191
3--------- 192----- 203
4--------- 204----- 213
Reading
Grade--- Fall--- Spring
K--------- 143------ 158
1----------160------ 177
2--------- 176------ 190
3--------- 190------ 199
4--------- 200------ 207