Dynamically developed to find instructional level

MOST PRECISE MEASURE

items rotate through content standards and objectives

MAP Testing Experience/Lower Performing Student

MAP Testing Experience/Higher Performing Student

RIT Scale ( Rasch Unit )

Beginning Numeracy

Adult Math

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An advantage of the RIT scale is that it can relate the numbers on the scale directly to the difficulty of items on the tests.

Characteristics of the RIT Scale include:

• It is a stable equal interval scale.

• It helps to measure growth over time.

• It has the same meaning regardless of grade or age of the student. MAP sees instructional level not grade or age!

• It is an accurate scale.

• It is an achievement scale.

2008 NWEA RIT Scale Status Norms

Comparative Data to Inform Instructional Decisions NWEA Placement Guidelines-UPDATED

Normative Data Sheet

MAP for Primary Grades (MPG)

• Screening testsAssess basic letter/number skills

• Skills Checklist testsAssess developing literacy/numeracy skills

• Survey with Goals (adaptive tests)Measures growth in reading & math skills

Zone of Proximal Development

Research suggests that children make the most significant gains in learning when they are presented new concepts and skills that are slightly ahead of what they can do independently. In other words, instruction should challenge the child and aim toward the upper levels of what Vygotsky (1978) calls the "zone of proximal development." The trick is to find the match between what the child knows and the optimal degree of assistance needed to move the child toward the next developmental step.

Guiding InstructionSee P. 6 in Reporting Tools

Class by RIT Report

Guiding Instruction

Groups students with similar learning needs in reading and math

Can also breakdown by goal areas Class Breakdown by Goal links to Primary Grades Instructional

Data

Instructional ResourcesInstructional Resources reports

Three-column format

Achievement scale

Equal-interval scale

Used to show growth over time

Independent of grade level

Rasch unIT (RIT) Scale

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Grade-LevelNorms

RIT Skills Data

Instructional Data or DesCartes

K

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See P. 2 in Reporting Tools

Applying the Teacher Report

• Placement Guidelines • State Scale Alignment Study

“Gifted” indicator

“At Risk” indicator

Proficiency benchmark indicator

See P. 2 in Reporting Tools

Class Overview See P. 8 in Reporting Tools

RIT Scale Alignment Study

Novice, Apprentice, Proficient, Distinguished

Goal Setting Worksheet

Setting GoalsSee P. 10 in Reporting Tools

reports login

See P. 8 in Reporting ToolsSchool Overview

Reeves

Fall 06

District by GradeSee P. 18 in Reporting Tools

Student Progress Report

See P. 14 in Reporting Tools

Student Progress Report

Math, Reading, Language Usage (Science)

Daniel took this test in 46 minutes and 17 seconds

Goal by RIT

Goal by RIT Band

Grade by RIT Band

Survey Test

Interim/Intake Testing- Language/Math/Reading- Untimed- Immediate Results- Overall RIT Score- 20 Questions per subject

Survey Test with Goals

Fall/Winter/Spring/Summer- Language/Math/Reading- Untimed (40/45 min. per content) - Immediate Results- Overall RIT Score with goals (strands)- 42/52 Questions per subject

End of Course Tests (included & aligned with NCTM) Algebra I & II Geometry Integrated Math I & II

Additional Tests Available:MAP for Primary Grades (K-2) 15/30 minutes depending on testScience (64 items)

MAP Assessment Information

Typical Testing Seasons:

Fall Aug 15-Nov 30Winter Dec 1-Feb 28Spring March 1-June 15Summer June 16-Aug 14

Lexile Framework for Reading

• Syntactic Complexity–As measured by sentence length.

• Semantic Difficulty–As measured by the frequency with which each word in a measured text appears in Lexile’s database of one billion words.

www.lexile.com

See P. 12 in Reporting Tools

Lexile Book List

Using key words for appropriate text

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2401330Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathon Swift

2331200USA Today

2431380N.Y.Times

2251080The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey

216880Harry Potter Series – Rowling

205680The Firm – John Grisham

Approx.RITLexile

Examples of Lexile MeasuresExamples of Lexile Measures

Lexile Framework for Reading

Lexile - Instructional Tools for Reading

– Searching for titles– “Find” Lexiled book– Lexile your own text– The Teacher’s Toolbox– Lexile Power Vocabulary– Lexile reading Pathfinders