What is NWEA and a RIT Score?
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Three times a year you will receive your child’s Measures of Academic Progress™ (MAP) test results. These tests determine your child’s instructional level and measure academic growth throughout the school year, and from year to year in the areas of math, reading, science, and language usage.
MAP tests are unique in that they are adaptive tests your child took on a computer. That means that the test became more difficult the more questions your child answered correctly. When your child incorrectly answered a question, the test became easier. Therefore, your child took a test specifically created for his or her learning level.
Your child’s MAP results are reported in RIT scores. This is a different type of score than a typical test that provides a percentage correct. It is also different from many tests that provide results based on your child’s score compared to others in his or her grade. Instead, the RIT score is an equal-interval scale, like feet and inches, that is independent of grade level. As a result, we can easily measure growth in learning. This type of score increases the value of the tests as a tool to improve student learning because it enables teachers to recognize where to focus attention for your child’s learning.
MAP testing is a powerful tool for monitoring student growth over time. This link here is a document called Normative Data. The charts in this document show the average (mean) and middle (median) RIT scores for different grades for a typical school district. You will need to scroll down to the second page of the document to view the charts. Please note that all of the charts are on one page, so be sure to read the title of the chart and ensure you are referencing the correct one to compare your student's RIT score.
For more information on resources for parents, download the Parent Toolkit here. This document goes into a more in depth explanation. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me!
How Can You Help at Home to Support Academic Growth Using This Information?
Each content area is broken down into sub topics. Your student consequently will have an average for the RIT score, and values for each sub topic. Locate these sub scores and match them to the links provided below. These games support growth for the specific sub scores and the students have fun completing them! The five sub scores for math are:
1. Numbers and Operations
2. Algebra
3. Measurement
4. Geometry
5. Data and Probablility
1. Numbers and Operations
2. Algebra
3. Measurement
4. Geometry
5. Data and Probablility
Map Math
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