This document provides information about MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) testing that is administered three times a year at Universal American School in Dubai to measure student growth in reading, math, language usage, and science. MAP is an adaptive test that places students on a equal interval scale to help teachers target student learning. Results are available immediately to teachers and are provided to parents in a MAP Student Progress Report. The report includes a student's RIT score which relates to their grade level curriculum, average scores for their class and national norms, growth over time, and performance descriptors.

1. Universal American School
Dubai
MAP Presentation
September 2016
Presenter: Amanda DeCardy

2. MAP
Measures of Academic Progress™
Administer three times a year to measure growth
Adaptive test
Reading (KG2 - Grade 10)
Mathematics (KG2 - Grade 10)
Language Usage (Grade 2 - Grade 10)
Science (Grade 3 - Grade 10)
Places students on an equal interval scale to help teachers and
administrators target student learning
Results available immediately to teachers

3. IOWA
Most students are in the 50th percentile
Average

4. The RIT Score
Measures of Academic Progress™
Results are given in a Rasch UnIT (RIT) Score
which relates directly to the curriculum scale in
each subject area.
RIT scores range from about 100 - 300.
Third graders typically start at the 180 - 200 level
Students typically progress to the 220 - 260 scale
in high school

5. UAS Dubai RIT Scores Against
Normative Data
As a school we compare ourselves overall to US schools,
international schools and schools in our geographical region.

6. The MAP Progress Report
After testing, parents will receive a MAP Student
Progress Report for their child.

7. The MAP Progress Report
The middle number is the RIT score
your child received. The numbers on
either side of the RIT score define the
score range. If retested, your child
would score within this range most of
the time.
The average score for all
students at UAS in the
grade who were tested at
the same time as your child. The average score
observed for students in the
most recent NWEA RIT
Scale Norms study, who
were in the same grade and
tested in the same portion
of the instructional year
(e.g., fall or spring).
Presents the growth in
RITs your child made from
the previous fall to the
spring of the year in which
growth is reported.
The number in the middle is your
child's percentile rank - the
percentage of students in the most
recent NWEA RIT Scale Norms study
that had a RIT score less than or
equal to your child's score. The
numbers on either side of the
percentile rank define the percentile
range. If retested, your child's
percentile rank would be within this
range most of the time.
Each goal area included in the
test is listed along with a
descriptive adjective of your
child's score. The possible
descriptors are
Low (<21 percentile),
LoAvg (21-40 percentile),
Avg (41-60 percentile),
HiAvg (61-80 percentile)
High (>80 percentile).

8. The MAP Progress Report
Negative Growth in a Snapshot...
Source: http://www.nwea.org/support/article/554
Students took too little time
25 seconds on a question is not enough time...
Students were not engaged during the test...
Effort fluctuates
When we retest...
10 RIT points or greater

9. UAS MAP Parent Resource
http://sites.uasdubai.ae/uasdubaies/map-­‐resource-­‐page/