MAP TESTINGGrades 3-8

September 29 – October 10, 2014

AREAS TESTED:MATH

Operations and Algebraic ThinkingReal and Complex Number SystemsGeometryStatistics and Probability

READINGLiteratureInformational TextVocabulary Acquisition and Use

Language UsageLanguage: Understand, Edit for Grammar,

UsageWriting: Plan, Organize, Develop, Revise,

ResearchLanguage: Understand, Edit Mechanics

SciencePhysical ScienceEarth and Space ScienceLife and Environmental Science

Student Progress ReportStudent RIT (Blue Bar) : This is your child’s

score based on the MAP assessment scale.

District Grade Level Mean RIT (Orange Bar) : This shows the average score of all students in the Superior Diocese.

Norm Grade Level Mean RIT (Yellow Bar) : This is the average score of all students who took the test in the U.S.A.

Lexile RangeGrade 1 : Up to 300L

2: 140L – 500L 3: 330L – 700L

4: 445L – 810L 5: 565L – 910L 6: 665L – 1000L 7: 735L – 1065L 8: 805L – 1100L 9: 855L – 1165L 10: 905L – 1195L

11+: 1210L

Percentile Range/RIT ScorePercentile Range: This is the percent at which your child is performing compared to students being tested at the same grade level.

RIT Score: The closer the student gets to a RIT score of 250 that harder it is for the student to make gains. The student is seeing material that is mostly well above grade level.

Curriculum Changes:Reading 6th Grade:

1. Literature Vocabulary: synonyms instead of definitions.

2. Providing opportunities for practice of individual informational text reading.

3. Reinforcing strategies for informational text reading: snibbet tabs, defining bolded words, pre-reading questions.