MAP Measures of Academic Performance

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MAPMeasures of Academic Performance

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• Students at EPS take the MAP test in the
  areas of Reading and Math.

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• When taking a MAP test, the difficulty of
  each question is based on how well a student
  answers all the previous questions.

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• Each Map test is developed according to a
  students present achievement level. This gives
  each student a fair opportunity to show what he
  or she knows and can do.

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• MAP tests are used to measure a students
  progress or growth in school. Just like you use a
  chart at home to measure your childs height or
  how much your child has grown in a year. Map
  assessments do the same sort of thing, except
  they measure your childs growth in math and
  reading.

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• The scale used to measure your childs
  progress on the MAP test is called the RIT Scale.
  It is used to chart your childs growth from year
  to year.

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• The following two charts show the average
  score a student in kindergarten, first grade, or
  second grade should make on the MAP test at the
  beginning of the school year, in the middle of
  the school year, and at the end of the school
  year in reading and in math.

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Math2011 Normative Data Reference

• Beginning Middle of
  End of
• of year Year
  Year
• Grade Mean Mean
  Mean
• K 143.7 150.5
  156.1
• 1 162.5 172.2
  179.0
• 2 178.7 185.9
  191.3

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Reading2011 Normative Data Reference

• Beginning Middle of
  End of
• of Year Year
  Year
• Grade Mean Mean
  Mean
• K 142.5 150.6
  155.1
• 1 160.0 170.1
  176.1
• 2 175.9 183.4
  189.2

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• MAP tests are important to teachers because
  they keep track of student progress and growth in
  basic skills. They let teachers know where a
  students strengths are and if help is needed in
  any specific areas. Teachers use this kind of
  information to help guide instruction in the
  classroom.

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• Information generated from the MAP test not
  only tells teachers if a student has weaknesses
  or strengths in math or reading , it also gives
  teachers a list of specific skills that a student
  needs to work on in order to increase academic
  performance.
• The next few slides show examples of some
  of those specific skills.

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ReadingRIT Band 161-170

• Skills
• 1.Identify compound words within a sentence.
• 2. Identify the contraction for a given word.
• 3. Find a sight word each time it appears in a
  three- to five- sentence paragraph.
• 4. Identify a homophone to complete a given
  sentence.

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ReadingRIT Band 181-190

• Skills
• Identify words that come from the same root or
  base word.
• 2. Name the root/base word found within a larger
  word.
• 3. Use knowledge of prefixes to choose the
  correct word based on context.

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MathRIT Band 161-170

• Skills
• 1. Count forwards by 2s.
• 2. Count forwards by 5s.
• 3. Understand the concept of one less than a
  number.
• 4. Compare numbers using the term less than.

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MathRIT Band 181-190

• Skills
• Compare whole numbers through 999.
• Identify the place value and value of each digit
  in whole numbers through the hundreds place.
• 3. Add 2-digit numbers with regrouping.

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• Each student is assigned a target score.
  Students are encouraged to work hard to reach
  their target score by the time they finish taking
  the MAP test in the spring.

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• Spring Map testing will begin
• March 26

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• Each student who reaches his or her target score
  by the end of spring testing will be entered in a
  drawing for a girls or boys bicycle.

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• If you are not sure of your childs target
  score, you can contact your childs teacher and
  ask about his or her target score.

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• We would like to suggest some things that you can
  do at home to help your child improve his or her
  skills.

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• ELA Strategies for parents
• Provide books and magazines to read at home.
• Encourage your child to write in a journal
  nightly.
• Make time to visit your local library.
• Play games like Scrabble, Spill and Spell,
  Scattergories, and Balderdash together.
• After finishing a chapter in a book, have your
  child explain his or her favorite part.
• Work crossword puzzles together.

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• Math strategies for parents
• Encourage your child to solve problems.
• Point out ways that people use mathematics
  everyday to pay bills, balance their check books,
  and make change.
• Find charts and graphs in the newspaper with your
  child and interpret them together.
• Spend time playing board games together that
  encourage stronger math skills such as Uno,
  Sorry, Battleship, Clue, Connect Four, Jenga, and
  Rummikub.

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• If you need more information about MAP
  please contact Edisto Primary School or your
  childs teacher.

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Goodbye!