NWEA MAP
NWEA MAP - Measures of Academic Progress
The Measures of Academic Progress are computer administered and scored achievement tests designed to measure growth in student learning for individual students, classrooms, schools, and ACA as a whole. These tests yield a national percentile score as well as a growth scale score (RIT). ACA administers the MAP in the fall, winter, and spring. Different subjects are taken at different grade levels. See below for subject schedules.
Math- K-7, Algebra-8
Reading- 1-8
Science- 3-7, Biology-9
The MAP RIT Scale
The RIT Scale is a curriculum scale that uses individual item difficulty values to estimate student achievement. 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. In addition, the RIT scale is an equal interval scale. Equal interval means that the difference between scores is the same regardless of whether a student is at the top, bottom, or middle of the RIT scale, and it has the same meaning regardless of grade level. RIT scales, like scales underlying most educational tests, are built from data about the performance of individual examinees on individual items.
MAP tests produce scores that make it possible to monitor student growth from year to year along developmental curriculum scales. The RIT Charts show examples of the kinds of work students can do at various points along the NWEA RIT scale, assuming they have been exposed to the content. This type of information is helpful in supporting appropriate instruction. All MAP tests are based on the state curriculum for Texas (TEKS - Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills).
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