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b. Approval of the Renewal of Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Assessment Systems ( in an amount not to exceed $1,300,000.00) - (updated 07.08.2022)

Summary: Presented by: Mr. Oliver J. Lewis, III, Associate Superintendent, Office of Continuous Improvement (Accountability)
Request: In support of Board Policy II, it is requested that the Board of Education approve the renewal of the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Assessment for the 2022-2023 school year in an amount not to exceed $1,300,000.00.

The requested purchase is an assessment expenditure that does not require bid per the District’s Purchasing Board Policy (DJE).
Why: The DeKalb County School District currently utilizes Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) as a formative, interim assessment in grades K-10 in Reading, Language Usage, Mathematics, and Science. MAP also serves as the District’s universal screener to identify gifted and magnet students, as well as provides supplemental student achievement data to guide Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) at the local school level.

Additionally, the District requires a tool that:

Is Diagnostic (measures student growth and identify students in need of additional support)
Provides students with an online learning path/continuum-based students’ identified need
Allows the District to compare student performance against other students to determine growth and mastery percentile gaps (this is particularly important for our at-risk subgroups)
Allows the District to determine students level of mastery based on state standards and learning criteria (i.e., success criteria and learning targets) through the use of RIT scores
Can be used as a predictor towards the GA Milestones, SAT and ACT
Provides easy to understand data district, school and individual student reports (at the demographic level)
Provides Family Reports


In preparation for the 2022-2023 school year, the requested renewal is to permit the DeKalb County School District to enter into a continued agreement with NWEA to offer district-wide licenses for MAP assessments and to provide professional learning services to ensure all staff build efficiency in the instructional application of assessment data.

The renewal of MAP reduces the number of norm-referenced assessments offered in a single school year as it replaces the following assessments: Renaissance’s STAR Early Literacy, STAR Reading, STAR Math, the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS).
Details: This proposed budget item is requesting funds not to exceed $1,300,000.00 to cover the costs associated with the District renewal of the NWEA MAP assessment system and professional learning services.

NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) is a suite of assessments that deliver data to make a difference in student progress. MAP Growth measures areas related to the Georgia Standards of Excellence in RIT (Rausch Unit) scores. As a result, educators can easily measure growth in learning through the school year, and from year-to-year in Reading, Math, Language Usage, and Science, which also affords educators the capability to differentiate instruction based on the tool’s functionalities. The tool is built on one of the most robust normative scales in the United States.

MAP assessments are computer-adaptive tests that increase in rigor as students answer items, correctly. When a student incorrectly answers a question, the test becomes less difficult as a means to match the next test item with the student’s academic aptitude. Therefore, a student takes an assessment created explicitly for his or her learning level. In addition, MAP Skills provides each student with his/her own specific learning path that identifies skill gaps and provides activities to help students master specific foundational skills.

The GA Department of Education is also closely determining the possibility of the NWEA MAP Assessment as a viable replacement of the year end summative assessment, currently known as the Georgia Milestones. A comprehensive pilot through the GA MAP Partnership has been underway and a stated decision is expected based on the pilot.
Financial impact: The financial impact is an amount, not to exceed, $1,300,000.00 for FY23.

The purchase amount will be paid using general funds budgeted to the Office of Continuous Improvement (Accountability), Department of Assessment Administration, charge code:


100.1000.530010.00011.7540.9990.8010.030.0000 (Other Purchased Services)
Contact: Mr. Oliver Lewis, Associate Superintendent, Office of Continuous Improvement (Accountability), 678.676.0300

Ms. Allison Q. Scott, Director of Assessment Administration, Office of Continuous Improvement (Accountability), 678.676.0300
Effective: July 2022
Status: Contract approved by General Counsel.
    2020 NWEA MAP Growth
    normative data overview

By using carefully constructed measurement scales that span grade levels, MAP® Growth™
interim assessments from NWEA® offer educators precise and accurate estimates of student
achievement within a subject. Before achievement test scores can be useful to educators,
however, they need to be evaluated within a coherent interpretive context. The 2020 NWEA
MAP Growth norms can provide one source of context.


For example, the 2020 MAP Growth norms allow educators to compare achievement
status—and changes in achievement status (growth)—to students’ performance in the same
grade at a comparable stage of the school year or across two test events within or across
school years. This information:

   + helps teachers plan instruction for individual students or confer with parents

   + supports school and district administrators as they focus on allocating resources

   + empowers school staff as they work to improve all educational outcomes


For more information about the changes to the 2020 MAP Growth norms and the research
behind them, please see page 6.


For many reasons, it is inadvisable to compare performance of a student on one set of MAP
Growth test norms to his or her performance on another set of MAP Growth test norms (i.e.,
2015 versus 2020 norms). NWEA strongly advises educators to use the 2020 MAP Growth
norms, especially when reviewing data longitudinally, because these norms provide the most
current and accurate reference for MAP Growth scores.


Differences between the 2020 and 2015 MAP Growth norms have been observed. Most
notably, student achievement has declined in recent years across subject areas, grades, and
terms. There are also differences in the magnitude of growth observed between test events.
On average, in mathematics and reading, the 2020 growth norms show slightly lower means
in the earlier grades and slightly greater means in the upper grades. Drops in the average
mathematics and reading achievement for grades four and eight are consistent with recent
declines reported on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for these
subjects and grades.




            Well-constructed test score norms can inform many education-
            related activities. Educators make use of the MAP Growth norms
            in many ways, including:


              1.   evaluating student achievement and growth

              2.   individualizing instruction

              3.   setting achievement and growth goals for students or
                   groups of students in a school

              4.   supporting conversations about achievement patterns
        MAP Growth achievement status and
        growth norms for students and schools

    The NWEA 2020 MAP Growth norms Study provides                   growth relative to students nationwide helps educators
    achievement status and growth norms for individual              move beyond the simple conclusion that a student either
    students and grade levels within schools in each                did or did not “make target growth” and understand
    of the four subject areas: reading, language usage,             the extent and magnitude by which a student’s growth
    mathematics, and general science. The study’s results           exceeded or fell short of the growth observed for other
    are based on K–12 grade level samples. Records are              similar students.
    sampled from between 3.6 and 5.5 million test scores
    from 500,000 to 700,000 students attending over                 In order for the norms to take instructional days into
    24,500 public schools in 5,800 districts spread across all      account, school district calendars for each school
    50 states.                                                      represented in the study sample were retrieved. Using
                                                                    the instructional days data plus actual dates of testing,
    Rigorous sampling and weighting procedures, which               NWEA estimated fall, winter, and spring norms. The
    were consistent with the approach taken with the 2015           default instructional weeks were used to construct
    MAP Growth norms, were used to ensure that the 2020             the achievement status and growth norms tables that
    norms were representative of the U.S. public school             appear on the following pages. Specifically, the 4th
    student population.                                             week is used for fall norms, the 20th week is used for
                                                                    winter norms, and the 32nd week is used for spring
    MAP Growth assessments can be administered on a                 norms. However, if a school’s testing calendar does not
    schedule designed to meet a school’s needs. As a result,        conform to the instructional weeks used to construct
    student scores reflect different amounts of instruction.        these tables, the normative references provided through
    Under such circumstances, normative comparisons                 the MAP Growth reporting system still allow appropriate
    will be unfair, for example, if students with 16 weeks of       comparisons to be made.
    instruction are compared to students with 20 weeks
    of instruction. Like the 2015 norms, the 2020 norms             Understanding standard deviation (SD)
    accommodate this scheduling flexibility by constructing         The columns labeled “SD” in the following tables
    time-continuous norms. MAP Growth achievement                   contain the standard deviations of the means. An SD
    and growth are defined for a number of different                is simply a measure of dispersion of scores around the
    instructional weeks during the year, allowing for more          mean value; the smaller the SD, the more compact the
    valid comparisons and interpretations of student and            scores are around the mean. SDs are particularly useful
    school achievement status and growth.                           when comparing student-level norms and school-
                                                                    level norms and can help educators make a range of
    Similar instructional week flexibility is addressed in the      inferences. For example, knowing the spread of the
    student and school growth norms. Growth anticipated for         data can help educators understand the extent to which
    students with the same initial score may be determined          student achievement or growth exceeds or falls short of
    for varying numbers of instructional weeks separating two       student- or school-level means.
    test occasions. This allows educators to make appropriate
    normative interpretations of test results that are consistent
    with their students’ particular testing schedules. With the
    accompanying conditional growth percentiles, the norms
    tell educators if students made growth consistent with
    that of other students (in the same grade and subject
    area, with the same initial RIT score) with the same
    amount of instruction between test events. Situating




2        2020 NWEA MAP Growth normative data
    Student achievement norms
    The norms in the tables below have a very straightforward interpretation. For example, in
    the achievement norms for reading, grade 2 students in the fall had a mean score of 172.35
    and a standard deviation of 15.19. To get a sense of how much variation there was, the SD
    of 15.19 can be subtracted from the mean and added to the mean to produce a range of
    about 157–188. Since the norms are based on the bell curve, we know that 68% of all grade 2
    reading scores are expected to fall within this range.




            2020 Reading Student Achievement Norms                           2020 Mathematics Student Achievement Norms
                        Fall               Winter           Spring                           Fall               Winter            Spring
     Grade      Mean            SD     Mean      SD     Mean       SD       Grade     Mean           SD     Mean      SD      Mean      SD
       K       136.65          12.22   146.28   11.78   153.09    12.06       K      139.56         12.45   150.13   11.94    157.11   12.03
        1      155.93          12.66   165.85   13.21   171.40    14.19        1     160.05         12.43   170.18   12.59    176.40   13.18
       2       172.35          15.19   181.20   15.05   185.57    15.49       2      175.04         12.98   184.07   13.01    189.42   13.44
       3       186.62          16.65   193.90   16.14   197.12    16.27       3      188.48         13.45   196.23   13.64    201.08   14.11
       4       196.67          16.78   202.50   16.25   204.83    16.31       4      199.55         14.40   206.05   14.90    210.51   15.56
       5       204.48          16.38   209.12   15.88   210.98    15.97       5      209.13         15.19   214.70   15.88    218.75   16.70
       6       210.17          16.46   213.81   15.98   215.36    16.03       6      214.75         16.12   219.56   16.74    222.88   17.47
       7       214.20          16.51   217.09   16.21   218.36    16.38       7      220.21         17.41   224.04   17.96    226.73   18.60
       8       218.01          17.04   220.52   16.69   221.66    16.87       8      224.92         18.94   228.12   19.33    230.30   19.95
       9       218.90          19.02   220.52   18.73   221.40    19.03       9      226.43         19.83   228.67   20.06    230.03   20.63
       10      221.47          17.92   222.91   17.81   223.51    18.20       10     229.07         20.23   231.21   20.61    232.42   21.25
       11      223.53          17.73   224.64   17.80   224.71    18.50       11     231.72         20.61   233.49   20.91    234.25   21.65
       12      223.80          19.32   223.85   21.21   224.33    23.08       12     233.02         21.60   233.31   23.07    234.19   24.63



     2020 Language Usage Student Achievement Norms                          2020 General Science Student Achievement Norms
                        Fall               Winter            Spring                          Fall               Winter            Spring
     Grade     Mean             SD     Mean      SD      Mean         SD    Grade     Mean           SD     Mean         SD   Mean      SD
       2       173.98          16.06   183.83   15.40   188.40    15.89        2     177.70         13.43   184.59   12.35    187.87   12.46
       3       187.71          15.33   195.14   14.64   198.32    14.65        3     187.84         12.25   193.29   11.63    195.88   11.76
       4       197.33          15.10   202.87   14.44   205.00    14.33       4      194.65         11.68   199.15   11.50    201.22   11.75
       5       204.17          14.55   208.45   13.98    210.19   13.90        5     200.23         11.77   204.30   11.72    206.17   12.12
       6       209.43          14.35   212.81   13.92    214.19   13.94       6      203.86         12.04   207.26   12.02    208.47   12.41
       7       212.65          14.72   215.28   14.39   216.47    14.42        7     206.56         12.65   209.50   12.73    210.61   13.17
       8       215.54          14.74   217.73   14.45   218.74    14.56        8     209.64         13.25   212.41   13.17    213.44   13.64
       9       216.68          15.52   218.18   15.30   219.00     15.51      9*     211.40         14.10   213.42   14.17    213.99   14.72
      10       218.82          15.10   220.19   15.11   220.86    15.45       10*    213.24         14.26   214.95   14.42    215.29   15.07
       11      220.66          14.94   221.86   14.98   222.33    15.53
                                                                           * These science status norms describe the distributions of
                                                                           achievement in general science academic skills and content
                                                                           knowledge for the relevant student populations for these
                                                                           grades and are useful for screening and placement purposes.
                                                                           Test results should not be used to evaluate performance
                                                                           where science content is more specialized, such as in topically
                                                                           differentiated high school science courses (e.g., biology,
                                                                           chemistry, physics).




3       2020 NWEA MAP Growth normative data
    Student growth norms
    Growth norms developed for the 2020 MAP Growth norms Study reflect the common
    observation that the rate of academic growth is related to the student’s starting
    achievement status on the measurement scale. In the elementary grades, for example,
    students starting out at a lower achievement level tend to demonstrate greater raw growth
    compared to students in the upper grades. The growth norm tables below show mean
    growth when the mean grade level achievement status score (i.e., 50th percentile score)
    is used as the starting score. In each case, the starting score is treated as a factor when
    predicting growth. If a particular student’s starting score was below the grade level mean,
    the growth mean is generally higher. Similarly, students with starting scores above the
    grade level mean would generally show less raw growth on average. These adjustments
    for starting achievement, coupled with the inclusion of instructional days in computing the
    norms, results in a highly flexible and clearly contextualized reference for understanding
    changes in RIT scores between test events.



             2020 Reading Student Growth Norms                                2020 Mathematics Student Growth Norms
               Fall-to-Winter   Winter-to-Spring   Fall-to-Spring                 Fall-to-Winter   Winter-to-Spring   Fall-to-Spring
     Grade     Mean      SD      Mean     SD       Mean      SD         Grade     Mean      SD      Mean      SD      Mean      SD
       K       9.63     5.75     6.81     5.30     16.45    7.50          K       10.57    5.15     6.97    4.77      17.54   6.63
        1      9.92     5.85     5.55     5.37     15.47    7.74          1       10.13    5.22     6.22    4.82      16.35    6.81
       2       8.85     5.86     4.37     5.37     13.22    7.77          2       9.03     5.11     5.35    4.75      14.38   6.54
       3       7.28     5.86     3.22     5.37     10.50    7.77          3       7.75     4.99     4.85    4.68      12.60   6.26
       4       5.82     5.76     2.33     5.31     8.16     7.53          4       6.50     4.98     4.46    4.67      10.96   6.24
       5       4.64     5.75     1.86     5.30     6.50     7.49          5       5.56     5.10     4.05    4.75      9.61     6.53
       6       3.64     5.65      1.55    5.24     5.19     7.26          6       4.81     5.04     3.32     4.71     8.13    6.38
       7       2.89     5.60      1.27    5.21     4.16     7.15          7       3.83     4.96     2.69    4.66      6.52     6.18
       8        2.51    5.73      1.14    5.29     3.65     7.46          8       3.20     5.27     2.18    4.85      5.38     6.93
       9        1.62    6.06     0.88     5.50     2.51     8.22          9       2.24     5.48     1.36    4.98      3.60     7.41
       10       1.43    5.88     0.60     5.38     2.04     7.80         10        2.14    5.46     1.21    4.97      3.35     7.37
       11       1.11    6.27     0.08     5.62     1.18     8.68          11       1.77    5.92     0.76    5.25      2.52     8.37
       12      0.05     6.38     0.47     5.70     0.52     8.92          12      0.30     6.09     0.88    5.36      1.18     8.75




      2020 Language Usage Student Growth Norms                           2020 General Science Student Growth Norms
               Fall-to-Winter   Winter-to-Spring   Fall-to-Spring                 Fall-to-Winter   Winter-to-Spring   Fall-to-Spring
     Grade     Mean      SD      Mean      SD      Mean      SD         Grade     Mean      SD      Mean      SD      Mean     SD
       2       9.85     6.43     4.57     5.58     14.41    9.46          2       6.88     6.74     3.29     6.13     10.17    9.09
       3       7.43     5.48      3.18    4.98     10.61     7.41         3        5.45    6.17     2.59     5.78     8.04     7.75
       4       5.54     5.17      2.13    4.79      7.67    6.69          4       4.50     5.84     2.07     5.58     6.57     6.93
       5       4.27     5.07      1.74    4.72     6.02     6.44          5       4.08     5.95     1.87     5.65     5.95     7.21
       6       3.37     5.04      1.38    4.71     4.75     6.37          6       3.40     5.91      1.21    5.62     4.61     7.10
       7       2.63     4.89      1.19    4.62     3.82     6.00          7       2.94     5.93      1.11    5.63     4.05     7.15
       8        2.19    5.05      1.01    4.71      3.21    6.39          8        2.77    6.19     1.03     5.79     3.79     7.80
       9       1.50     5.17     0.82     4.79     2.33     6.69          9        2.02    6.19     0.57     5.79     2.59     7.80
       10       1.37    5.08     0.67     4.73     2.04     6.46          10       1.72    6.27     0.34     5.84     2.05     7.99
       11      1.20     5.48     0.47     4.98      1.67     7.41




4      2020 NWEA MAP Growth normative data
    School norms                                                          School norms provide references for comparing how
    Just as references to performance at the student level                grade levels of students within a school compare, as a
    are important, school references can also provide                     group, to:
    important insights. Because research shows that
    the variation of groups of students tend to be much                       + the same grade level of students in another
                                                                                specific school
    smaller than that of the students themselves, student-
    level norms are inappropriate for understanding the                       + the same grade level of students in public
    performance and progress of groups of students. If                          schools across the U.S.
    groups of students in a school are evaluated against
    the student norms, strongly performing schools will                   This allows school and district administrators to use
    tend to have their outcome understated while poorly                   school norms to monitor school performance over time,
    performing schools will tend to have their performance                and to compare schools’ performance within the district.
    overstated. The 2020 MAP Growth norms Study                           The tables below contain school growth norms. The
    includes achievement and growth norms for grade-                      important difference between student and school growth
    levels within schools in addition to student achievement              is in the SD columns. As the tables show, the growth of
    status and growth norms.                                              groups of students at any grade level is understandably
                                                                          less variable than the growth of individual students.


             2020 Reading School Growth Norms                                      2020 Mathematics School Growth Norms
              Fall-to-Winter    Winter-to-Spring   Fall-to-Spring                     Fall-to-Winter   Winter-to-Spring   Fall-to-Spring
     Grade     Mean     SD       Mean      SD      Mean      SD             Grade     Mean      SD     Mean      SD       Mean      SD
       K       9.63     1.43     6.81     1.07     16.45    2.49              K       10.57    1.36     6.97     1.02     17.54    2.38
        1      9.92     1.47     5.55     1.10     15.47    2.57               1      10.13    1.44     6.22     1.08     16.35    2.52
       2       8.85     1.44     4.37     1.08     13.22    2.52              2       9.03     1.30     5.35     0.97     14.38    2.27
       3       7.28     1.23     3.22     0.92     10.50    2.14              3        7.75    1.21    4.85      0.91     12.60    2.12
       4       5.82     1.21     2.33     0.91     8.16      2.11             4       6.50     1.16    4.46      0.87     10.96    2.02
       5       4.64     1.15     1.86     0.86     6.50     2.01              5       5.56     1.39    4.05      1.04     9.61     2.42
       6       3.64     1.02     1.55     0.77     5.19     1.79
                                                                              6        4.81    1.28     3.32     0.96     8.13     2.24
       7       2.89     1.02     1.27     0.76     4.16     1.78
                                                                              7       3.83      1.19    2.69     0.89     6.52     2.08
       8       2.51     1.18      1.14    0.88     3.65     2.06
                                                                              8       3.20     1.38     2.18     1.04     5.38     2.42
       9       1.62     1.16     0.88     0.87     2.51     2.03
                                                                              9       2.24     1.10     1.36     0.83     3.60     1.93
       10      1.43     0.96     0.60     0.72     2.04     1.68
                                                                              10       2.14     1.16    1.21     0.87     3.35     2.02
       11       1.11    1.25     0.08     0.94     1.18     2.19
                                                                              11       1.77     1.15    0.76     0.86     2.52     2.01
       12      0.05     1.31     0.47     1.01     0.52     2.30
                                                                              12      0.30     1.23    0.88      0.93     1.18     2.15



       2020 Language Usage School Growth Norms                                 2020 General Science School Growth Norms
               Fall-to-Winter   Winter-to-Spring   Fall-to-Spring                     Fall-to-Winter   Winter-to-Spring   Fall-to-Spring
     Grade     Mean      SD      Mean      SD      Mean      SD             Grade     Mean       SD     Mean      SD      Mean      SD
        2      9.85     1.65      4.57    1.24     14.41    2.88               2       6.88     1.21    3.29     0.91     10.17    2.12
        3      7.43      1.13     3.18    0.84     10.61     1.97              3       5.45     1.42    2.59     1.07     8.04     2.49
        4      5.54     1.01      2.13    0.76      7.67     1.76              4       4.50     1.17    2.07     0.88     6.57     2.05
        5      4.27     0.92      1.74    0.69     6.02      1.61              5       4.08     1.22     1.87    0.91     5.95     2.13
        6      3.37     0.80      1.38    0.60     4.75     1.40               6       3.40     1.22     1.21    0.91     4.61     2.13
        7      2.63     0.78      1.19    0.59     3.82      1.37              7       2.94     1.22     1.11    0.92     4.05     2.14
        8      2.19     0.86      1.01    0.64      3.21    1.50               8       2.77     1.23     1.03    0.92     3.79     2.15
        9      1.50     0.82      0.82    0.61     2.33      1.43              9       2.02     1.33    0.57     1.00     2.59     2.31
       10      1.37     0.81      0.67    0.60     2.04      1.41             10       1.72     1.13    0.34     0.85     2.05     1.97
       11      1.20     0.97      0.47    0.73      1.67     1.70



    Separate tables for the school achievement norms are not shown in this document because the means (i.e., average values) for school
    and student achievement are equivalent. The standard deviations for the school norms are much smaller than for students, however,
    meaning that the range between high and low values seen at the school level are far smaller than the variability commonly seen for
    individual students. Additional information on the school achievement norms can be found in the 2020 MAP Growth norms Study.


5       2020 NWEA MAP Growth normative data
         MAP Growth Norms Study:
         Comparing 2020 to 2015
                                                   National norms overview: 2020 vs. 2015
     Design/Method         2020                     2015                    Change                Benefits
     Growth model          Multilevel               Multilevel              No significant        Consistency and reliability
     (methodology)         Growth Model             Growth Model            changes to            By maintaining consistency in a proven
                                                                            norming               methodology, we can better understand changes
                                                                            methodology           in student achievement and growth trends

     # of terms            9 Testing Terms          9 Testing Terms         Same number           Maximal information from available student
                                                                            of testing terms      test score histories
                                                                            (9), but more         Using nine testing terms provides the optimal
                                                                            recent data           amount of data points to support norms for both
                                                                                                  achievement and growth

     Time period           Fall 2015→               Fall 2011→              2020 norms            Recent data = more relevant norms
                           Spring 2018              Spring 2014             use much more         Using more recent data ensures that we are
                           (Fall, Winter, Spring    (Fall, Winter, Spring   recent data           providing updated estimates of achievement
                           across 3 years)          across 3 years)                               and growth norms

     Testing               Higher % of norm         Lower % of norm         2020 norms use        Improved measurement of growth
     calendars             data linked to actual    data linked to          2.5x more data        Incorporating more data that is tied to actual
                           district testing         actual district         points that are       district testing calendars improves our
                           calendars                testing calendars       tied to actual        ability to develop a more accurate measure
                                                                            district testing      of instructional exposure, resulting in more
                                                                            calendars             accurate norms

     Growth terms          Winter–Winter            Winter–Winter           2020 norms            Understanding of full-year learning
                           Fall–Fall                Fall–Fall               have added            Adding the Spring-Fall term pair lets us better
                           Spring–Spring            Spring–Spring           the Spring–Fall       understand the phenomenon of “summer
                           Fall–Winter              Fall–Winter             comparison term       loss,” which provides a better description of a
                           Fall–Spring              Fall–Spring                                   student’s performance over a full year
                           Winter–Spring            Winter–Spring
                           (NEW!) Spring–Fall*

     Additional filter     Uses effortful scores    Uses effortful and      New feature of        Better data = better norms
     for student test-     only (i.e. 10% or        non-effortful scores    norms                 Using more clearly defined target populations
     taking effort         fewer rapid guesses)                                                   for achievement and growth norms, plus
                                                                                                  removing construct irrelevant variance due to
                                                                                                  student test-taking effort, allows for better data
                                                                                                  and norms

                                               Grade coverage: National norms 2020 vs. 2015
     Subject                 2020                     2015                     Change                            Benefit
     Math K–12               Achievement: K–12        Achievement: K–11        Achievement: 12th grade
                             Growth: K–12             Growth: K–10             Growth: 11 & 12th grade           More coverage = better tracking
     Reading                 Achievement: K–12        Achievement: K–11        Achievement: 12th grade           Adding more grade level
                             Growth: K–12             Growth: K–10             Growth: 11 & 12th grade           coverage increases the
                                                                                                                 opportunity to help better
     Language Usage          Achievement: 2–11        Achievement: 2–11        Achievement: No change            contextualize the achievement
                             Growth: 2–11             Growth: 2–10             Growth: 11th grade                and growth of all students
     Science (General)       Achievement: 2–10        Achievement: 3–10        Achievement: 2nd grade
                             Growth: 2–10             Growth: 3–8              Growth: 2nd, 9th, 10th grade

    * Note: Spring-to-Fall term pair will not be available in MAP Growth reporting in July 2020.




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