Spring MAP Testing
Beginning June 4th, all students in grades four and five will be taking the spring MAP assessment in reading and math. Testing will be complete by Thursday, June 7th.
To ensure the best testing experience we encourage students to be at school on time, get plenty of sleep the night before and eat a nutritious breakfast. All tests will be taken in the morning.
Reports will be mailed home once all testing has been completed and reports generated
After our winter testing session, we received some questions. Please read below or follow the links to find out more.
FAQs:
- Why did my child's RIT score go up but their percentile go down?
One of the reasons for a percentile score to decrease is due to how other students nationwide performed on this assessment.
A percentile rank indicates how well a student performed in comparison to the students in the specific norm group, for example, in the same grade and subject. A student's percentile rank indicates that the student scored as well as, or better than, the percent of students in the norm group. For example, a student scoring at the 35th percentile scored as well as, or better than, 35 percent of students in the norm group. It also means that 65 percent of the students in the norm group exceeded this score.
The percentile rank is not a percentage of items the student answered correctly.
Read more...here
Another possible reason is the number of instructional days we had in between testing sessions compared to other schools. We learned that we are able to modify this in the system which would effect the overall percentile score. The default number of weeks is 20 but we were in session for 16 weeks. This has now been resolved.
Read more...here
- How will teachers use this information?
As a middle school team, we will continue to review and reflect on our curriculum and teaching practices. We continue to ask questions. This is part of a curriculum review cycle.
We will also continue to use data to form small groups, plan instruction, and revise instruction.
- How did other grades perform?
In grades six-eight, our mean score exceeds the national mean score in both reading and writing.
If you missed our MAP Parent Information, you can find our slides here.
To ensure the best testing experience we encourage students to be at school on time, get plenty of sleep the night before and eat a nutritious breakfast. All tests will be taken in the morning.
Reports will be mailed home once all testing has been completed and reports generated
After our winter testing session, we received some questions. Please read below or follow the links to find out more.
FAQs:
- Why did my child's RIT score go up but their percentile go down?
One of the reasons for a percentile score to decrease is due to how other students nationwide performed on this assessment.
A percentile rank indicates how well a student performed in comparison to the students in the specific norm group, for example, in the same grade and subject. A student's percentile rank indicates that the student scored as well as, or better than, the percent of students in the norm group. For example, a student scoring at the 35th percentile scored as well as, or better than, 35 percent of students in the norm group. It also means that 65 percent of the students in the norm group exceeded this score.
The percentile rank is not a percentage of items the student answered correctly.
Read more...here
Another possible reason is the number of instructional days we had in between testing sessions compared to other schools. We learned that we are able to modify this in the system which would effect the overall percentile score. The default number of weeks is 20 but we were in session for 16 weeks. This has now been resolved.
Read more...here
- How will teachers use this information?
As a middle school team, we will continue to review and reflect on our curriculum and teaching practices. We continue to ask questions. This is part of a curriculum review cycle.
We will also continue to use data to form small groups, plan instruction, and revise instruction.
- How did other grades perform?
In grades six-eight, our mean score exceeds the national mean score in both reading and writing.
If you missed our MAP Parent Information, you can find our slides here.
