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Making meaning from NWEA test results

Making meaning from NWEA test results . How do I use NWEA test results to inform my classroom instruction?. Individual student report. Graphic representation. Key terms and measures.

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Making meaning from NWEA test results

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  1. Making meaning from NWEA test results How do I use NWEA test results to inform my classroom instruction?

  2. Individual student report

  3. Graphic representation

  4. Key terms and measures • RIT = Rasch Unit. A standard scale score that is criterion refererenced like meters and kilos. Can be added and subtracted. This is a bench mark that doesn’t change relative to student achievement. It sets a bar students can measure their progress against year after year.

  5. Graph key

  6. How do I interpret RIT scores?

  7. Math

  8. ESOL student reading

  9. Same student in Math

  10. Another ESOL student reading

  11. Key terms and measures • RIT = Rasch Unit. A standard scale score like meters and kilos. Can be added and subtracted. This is a bench mark that doesn’t change relative to student achievement. It sets a bar students can measure their progress against year after year.

  12. Key terms and measures • RIT = Rasch Unit. A standard scale score like meters and kilos. Can be added and subtracted. This is a bench mark that doesn’t change relative to student achievement. It sets a bar students can measure their progress against year after year. • MAP = Measure of Academic Progress. An adaptive test that selects more difficult questions as students answer correctly or easier questions as students answer incorrectly.

  13. Key terms and measures • RIT = Rasch Unit. A standard scale score like meters and kilos. Can be added and subtracted. This is a bench mark that doesn’t change relative to student achievement. It sets a bar students can measure their progress against year after year. • MAP = Measure of Academic Progress. An adaptive test that selects more difficult questions as students answer correctly or easier questions as students answer incorrectly. • Growth index = expected growth plus or minus actual growth.

  14. Growth index

  15. Same student in reading

  16. Goal setting with students • Go to Dynamic Reports and select your name. • Select your advisory or content classes. • Get a PDF of each student, their RIT scores by goal strand, and their expected growth index. They can set a goal that is different and make a plan to achieve it.

  17. sample

  18. Key terms and measures • MAP = Measure of Academic Progress. An adaptive test that selects more difficult questions as students answer correctly or easier questions as students answer incorrectly. • Growth index = expected growth plus or minus actual growth.

  19. Key terms and measures • MAP = Measure of Academic Progress. An adaptive test that selects more difficult questions as students answer correctly or easier questions as students answer incorrectly. • Growth index = expected growth plus or minus actual growth. • Norm Group = 6200 schools in USA from 1100 districts in 41 states including 1.8 million students • District = all 3 SCIS campuses

  20. Sample of norm group

  21. Key terms and measures • Growth index = expected growth plus or minus actual growth. • Norm Group = 6200 schools in USA from 1100 districts in 41 states including 1.8 million students • District = all 3 SCIS campuses • Percentile = Norm referenced score. Student scored as well as or better than X% of Norm Group.

  22. Goals - Reading

  23. DesCartes

  24. Reading goal strand: Strategies and skills

  25. Goals – Language Usage

  26. Goals - Math

  27. Key terms and measures • Percentile = student scored as well as or better than X% of Norm Group. • Quintiles • High = > 81%ile • Hi avg = 61%ile - 80%ile • Avg = 41%ile – 60%ile • Lo Avg = 21%ile – 40%ile • Low = <20%il

  28. Sample of quintile

  29. Key terms and measures • Quintiles • High = > 81%ile • Hi avg = 61%ile - 80%ile • Avg = 41%ile – 60%ile • Lo Avg = 21%ile – 40%ile • Low = <20%il • Lexile = measure of reading difficulty. Books are rated either BG (beginning reader) or rated 10 – 1700. Go to lexile.com or scholastic.com for books at a given lexile.

  30. Sample of lexile

  31. Lexile.com

  32. Select interest

  33. Suggested books. Can adjust for age, # of pages, and book type

  34. Don’t select books by lexile alone. • It is very important for parents to keep in mind that Lexile does not evaluate genre, theme, content, or interest. Even though a student might be able to read books at a certain Lexile, the content or theme of the text may not be appropriate for that particular student because of his or her age or developmental level. Also, a student may be able to read more dif-ficult content if it is an area of interest for that child since he or she may already be familiar with some of the vocabulary necessary to comprehend the text.”

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