Thursday, October 21, 2010

MAP test results

Tonight at Parent-Teacher Conferences, parents will be given copies of MAP test results, called Student progress reports. The results are for tests in Reading and Mathematics.

One goal of the school is for all graduates to read at an eighth grade level. We will start using the MAP reading test to gauge if graduates have met this goal. Eventually we will set a similar goal in Math.

The MAP progress report will give information on:

1. When the test was given,

2. the student score range (the range shows where the child would likely score if retested)

3. The district average score

4. The national average score

5. Student growth (this will be blank this time. When the next test is given in January, there will be a growth score to represent how much the student has improved)

6. Typical growth (average student growth nationally, which will also be blank this time)

7. Student percentile range (based on 100%)

8. Goal performance- this shows how the students did in the four areas of math and the five areas of reading.

9. RIT to Reading range- This converts the student score to a Lexile scale score, which is what is used to determine reading level.

Grade 1
Lexile Range Up to 400L

Grade 2
140L to 500L

Grade 3
330L to 700L

Grade 4
445L to 850L

Grade 5
565L to 950L

Grade 6
665L to 1050L

Grade 7
735L to 1075L

Grade 8 The level we want all students to achieve by graduation
805L to 1100L

Grade 9
855L to 1165L

Grade 10
905L to 1200L

Grades 11 & 12
940L to 1300L