MAP Assessments Inform Instruction and Support Student Growth

How do NWEA MAP Assessments support student learning?

We start our MAP assessments on Monday for all students at Hudson Prairie. The schedule is posted below.  Jodi will be teaching you how to set up your test sessions as they have already been created.  

Our SMART Goal action is to use data to inform instruction and to help all students grow in the area of reading. 

NWEA MAP assessments are used to...

1.  Inform instruction using the data to focus for individual goals and small group instruction.

2. Monitor growth over time.  Now we will be using the same assessment from K-8th grade. This can enable us to look at expected growth and if students are meeting their growth targets.  Our SMART Goal is that 60% of the students meet their growth target.  This may be your SLO as well.  On the reports they say a range for growth and NWEA suggests we use the range so the data is valid and reliable.

3.  Screen students to look at who may need an intervention or extension.

4.  Communicate to students and families how their student performs in the areas of reading and math against students from across the United States because it is a nationally- normed assessment.  Check our the 2014 Norms

What's new?
MAP Learning Continuum takes place of the old Descartes.  This is a great place to personalize instruction.  We will have to explore this resource together and learn how it can help us. Oct. 24 data/ Student Learning Objective will be a time to use this resource.

Rit to Resource app is great for families to learn about their child's RIT score and links to free instructional resources aligned to the CCSS at their level.

Growth Calculator from Bloomington Public Schools
South Washington Co MAP Resources Reading   Math

How do we focus on GROWTH?
 In the past we looked at the norm chart and were happy if kids met the mean or average score across the United States.  In Hudson, we have high achievement and our goals should be higher than the 50th percentile like the chart says.  NWEA says the 50th percentile is ok; 60-70% good; 80-90% excellent. We should be aiming for the 70th percentile and above.  The chart below shows the conversions for fall assessments.
In our color coding schema...
Red- 25 percentile and below
Yellow- 26-32 percentile

This is a study that NWEA compared MAP scores with ACT scores.    You can see that to be college and career ready we want to be above the 70th percentile mark.





Supporting growth:
1.  High expectations as seen above.
2.  Students can set goals for growth.  On the reports tab- choose goal setting worksheet.
3.  Prepare students for the test and ask them to do their best.  Jodi has MAP resources tabbed on our media center page.
4.  Personalize instruction.
5.  Share information with families about what the next steps for instruction are.


What other resources are available?
TLA support (Michele DeLong, Lori Head, and Julie Zamzow) is another resource for strengthening our use of MAP data/reports

What MAP can do for teachers? Video

What reports are available?

Student Progress reference report to explain to families.

MAPS Schedule

Lab Only

Support- Media specialist and media assistant will set up in the morning and

 Reading and Math assistants will log in in the afternoon.

Sept. 29- Oct. 10

Grades 2-5	Monday Sept. 29 Day 2	Tuesday Sept. 30 Day 3	Wednesday Oct. 1 Day 4	Thursday Oct. 2 Day 5	Friday Oct. 3 Day 6
9-10:20                  3rd	3 Ohman      Reading	3 Swavely            Reading	3 Gernes Reading	3 Johnson Reading	3 Ohman Math
10:20-11:40 2nd	2 Zamzow   Reading	2 Brastad Reading	2 Brine  Reading	2 Zamzow Math	2 Brastad   Math
12:50-2:15 5th	5 Buege    Reading	5 Stanchik Reading	5 Stubbendick Reading	5 Buege           Math	5 Stanchik Math
2:15-3:35 4th	4 Head        Reading	4 DeLong Reading	4 Schaeffer Reading	4 Dierks              Reading	4 DeLong Math

Grades 2-5	Monday Oct. 6 Day 1	Tuesday Oct. 7 Day 2	Wednesday Oct. 8 Day 3
9-10:20   3rd	3 Swavely Math	3 Gernes            Math	3 Johnson     Math
10:20-11:40                 2nd	2 Brine       Math	Make Ups	Make Ups
12:50-2:15 5th	5 Stubbendick  Math
2:15-3:35 4th	4 Schaeffer Math	4 Dierks              Math	4 Head               Math

Grades K-1	Thursday Oct. 9 Day 4	Friday Oct. 10 Day 5
9-9:45	K- Brettingen         Screening Reading	K- Brettingen         Screening Math
9:45-10:30	K- Johnson       Screening Reading	K- Johnson       Screening Math
10:30-11:15	1-    Klanderman Skills Checklist Reading	1-Klanderman Skills Checklist Math
12:15-1:00	K- Jenson         Screening Reading	K- Jenson         Screening Math
1-1:45	1-    Larson Skills Checklist Reading	1-Larson Skills Checklist Math
2:15-3	1-    Aschenbrenner Skills Checklist Reading	1-Aschenbrenner Skills Checklist Math

Please comment with any new learning you have about using MAP instruction.  
How can these assessments bring RIGOR and RELEVANCE in student learning?