At the beginning of the book I was excited when I realized that their districts testing used the RIT scale and that our new MAP assessments used the same scale. In chapter 7 the book actually mentioned the MAP assessment as a "newer-style test" like they were using. My questions for you about this are...
a) How do you see us using the MAP assessment? How often/ Which ones?
b) How do you see us using the data?
c) What are your questions, concerns or even excited feeling about the MAP assessment.
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Wow...I don't know what just happened to my post...If this is out there 2 times, I'm sorry. Vickie...I answered Question 4 before finding Question 3...typical Belinda...I think we will use the MAP testing data like we did with Dibels data. I will help drive instruction and help us to set up interventions and adjustments for our students. Right now, I don't think I have a clear idea of what the data will be showing us until I use it with my students. I think the MAP assessments sounds like it will be an effective tool for ongoing change in our instruction and focus. I don't know that I don't have a solid handle on the whole process until I have gotten into the actual testing and all this coming fall.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember exactly how many times we are scheduled to use it a year, but I assume it is at least 3. Four times seems very doable the book says, "It is one of the most user friendly assessments in the world." I am thinking there may be students with greater growth or slower growth that will need to be tested more often. I am hopeful that the data we get is very specific. I did notice that the book tells of some additional tests in phonics/phonemic awareness that they used. The book tells of drawing a line of demarcation to determine which students need remediation and any student in the range of not reaching the set goals will receive remediation. I believe the MAPS test will help us get that line drawn in the beginning and later this data with teacher input will drive our Title groups.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Belinda said. I don't think I have a clear idea of what the data will look like and what to do with it until I actually see the data and begin to use it
ReplyDeleteI see us using the MAP data just like we use the KRAL and DIBELS test data. The MAP data will hopefully be another tool to help us figure out where our students are and how much growth they need to make. I hope this will give us more specific data for remediation purposes but I don’t know what the data will look like or how it will fit in.
ReplyDeleteI do have a question. On page 74, where they list the assessments, there is no mention of Kindergarten. Why is that?
I was very glad to see the mention of the MAP testing in our reading. It appears that NU is on the right path for excellence with implementing this new assessment tool. I think the MAP assessment will be a very good tool to get a quick return of data very early in the school year and will give the teachers an honest evaluation of their classes. The data will form the groupings needed for intervention and will give measurements mid year of reaching the benchmarks or goals for the end of the year. I need this data to know what I'm teaching is being reached. Sometimes I'm even surprised when the lightbulb is lit in some kids! Maybe 3 times a year -- Fall, Dec./Jan., and then May would give adequate data. The fact that an entire class can be tested in one short testing period and the results can be reached immediately for the whole class is very appealing to me. It seems in Kindergarten oral assessments take so long when instruction could be continued. Maybe these MAP testings could help with leveling shared groups for instruction or even individual skill-based instruction for the grade level.
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