In the fall of 2010, Greene County Schools moved to a “growth model” of measuring student achievement. Using Northwestern Evaluation Association’s MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) tests which are adaptive based on student need. Each answer is evaluated independently to determine the next test question.At the completion of the test, the student receives a RIT (Rausch unIT) score. Teachers use these scores, or RIT bands, to determine how to individualize instruction based on student need. Because the test is adaptive, we can determine the growth of each individual student based on his or her independent learning and measure growth.
A significant component unique to NWEA, is DesCartes, a learning continuum resource aligned to state standards. DesCartes allows teachers to translate the raw data into personalized instruction, select appropriate topics, and specific skills that a student might need remediation or acceleration in. This variety assists in providing immediate student growth scores to teachers four times a year so they can analyze and compare the growth and achievement of each individual student.
More Info:
2011 Normative Data Overview
2011 Normative Data Reference
More MAP is taken on a computer and took the place of ITBS tests. Like ITBS, it also is composed of multiple-choice response questions except no fill-in-the-dots.
• It has no time limits so students may work at their own pace to achieve at their best.
• MAP is adaptive. The computer adjusts the difficulty of the next question by how the test taker performs on the previous questions. Simply, the questions become more difficult or less difficult with each question – thus producing a very realistic performance range for each student.
• MAP scores are shown at its completion providing students immediate feedback.
• MAP scores are part of an equal interval scale. Each interval on the scale is equal in size just like all inches of measurement on a yardstick are an equal linear distance.
• Year to year MAP scores portray true growth in performance of each student. Just as you may keep a height growth chart on the back of a door in your home – we will keep a MAP academic growth chart for each student.
The score that your child achieves will be between 140 and 300. This range is called a RIT scale. RIT stands for Rasch unIT, which is a unit of measure that uses individual item difficulty values to estimate student achievement. Each number interval on this scale is like any other number interval – just like the yardstick. The RIT scale is used to measure how "tall" a student is on the curriculum scale and scores can be compared to tell how much growth a student has made, similar to measuring height on a yard-stick. This score is independent of the age or grade of the student, and reflects the instructional level at which the student is currently performing.
Click here for the RIT Scale.
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These are mandatory state tests created by the state of Georgia. They are based on the state’s GPS (Georgia Performance Standards), and are used to measure how well your child has learned the material covered in the GPS.
Used in three types of accountability
1) Federal funding / Title 1 / No Child Left Behind
2) School Performance Standards - Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
School Report Cards
3) Promotion and Retention
CRCT reports student achievement in terms of performance levels:
1) Exceeds The Standard (850-950)
2) Meets The Standard (800-849)
3) Does Not Meet The Standard (650-799)
Learn More About:
More on the CRCT for GA DOE
Georgia State Assessments
GeorgiaStandards.org
The EOCT program was created to improve student achievement through effective instruction and assessment of the standards in the eight EOCT core high school courses. The EOCT program helps to ensure that all Georgia students have access to a rigorous curriculum that meets high performance standards. The purpose of the EOCT is to provide diagnostic data that can be used to enhance instructional programs.More Students seeking a Georgia high school diploma, who entered high school prior to July 2011, must pass the Georgia High School Graduation Tests (GHSGT) in four content areas as well as the Georgia High School Writing Test. As a result of amendments to State Board of Education rule in April 2011, the cohort of students who enrolled in high school from Fall 2008 through June 2011 must demonstrate their proficiency in the four GHSGT content areas by either passing each of the GHSGTs or by passing one of the two equivalent End of Course Tests in each corresponding content area. These students are also required to take and pass the Georgia High School Writing Test (GHSWT) to be eligible for a diploma. Students who enter grade nine in 2011 – 2012 and beyond will not take, and are not required to pass, the GHSGT. They are required to take and pass the Georgia High School Writing Test.
Learn More About:
Georgia DOE State Assessments
GeorgiaStandards.org
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