MAP MAP Score Interpretation and Reporting 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In Missouri, what is the significance of 'Adequate Yearly Progress' as it relates to MAP results?
- It determines the school's lunch program budget
- It was a federal accountability measure under NCLB that used MAP proficiency rates to evaluate school performance (Correct answer)
- It measures how much a teacher's salary increases each year
- It only applies to college-level institutions
Correct answer: It was a federal accountability measure under NCLB that used MAP proficiency rates to evaluate school performance
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) was a federal accountability measure under No Child Left Behind that used MAP proficiency rates to evaluate whether schools were meeting performance targets.
Question 2: When interpreting MAP reports, what does the term 'disaggregated data' mean?
- Total scores combined across all students
- Data broken down by subgroups such as race/ethnicity, gender, or special education status (Correct answer)
- Scores reported only for the top 10% of students
- Data collected from a sample of students rather than all students
Correct answer: Data broken down by subgroups such as race/ethnicity, gender, or special education status
Disaggregated data means scores are broken apart and reported separately for different student subgroups, allowing educators to identify achievement gaps between groups.
Question 3: What does Missouri's Annual Performance Report (APR) use MAP data for?
- To determine school construction contracts
- To measure and report each school's academic performance and progress toward state goals (Correct answer)
- To rank teachers in each district
- To compare Missouri only to neighboring states
Correct answer: To measure and report each school's academic performance and progress toward state goals
Missouri's Annual Performance Report uses MAP data as a key metric to assess each school's academic performance and progress toward Missouri's educational goals.
Question 4: A student's MAP score report shows a confidence interval around their scale score. What does this interval represent?
- The range of grades the student earned in class during the year
- The range within which the student's true score likely falls, accounting for measurement error (Correct answer)
- The number of questions the student answered correctly
- The student's percentile rank compared to the national average
Correct answer: The range within which the student's true score likely falls, accounting for measurement error
The confidence interval on a MAP score report reflects measurement error, indicating the range within which the student's true ability score most likely falls.
Question 5: How should a Missouri teacher respond to a student who scores at the 'Basic' level on MAP?
- Treat the student identically to Proficient students with no changes
- Provide targeted instructional support to help the student reach Proficient by addressing skill gaps shown in the report (Correct answer)
- Automatically place the student in a remedial pull-out class without further analysis
- Notify parents that the student cannot be promoted
Correct answer: Provide targeted instructional support to help the student reach Proficient by addressing skill gaps shown in the report
A Basic score indicates partial mastery, and the appropriate response is to use the detailed report to identify specific gaps and provide targeted instructional support aimed at reaching Proficient.
Question 6: Which stakeholder typically receives an Individual Student Report (ISR) from MAP results?
- Only the state education department
- Parents and guardians of the tested student (Correct answer)
- Only the principal of the school
- Only district curriculum coordinators
Correct answer: Parents and guardians of the tested student
Individual Student Reports are provided to parents and guardians so they can understand their child's performance levels and be partners in supporting academic growth.
MAP MAP Score Interpretation and Reporting 2
In Missouri, what is the significance of 'Adequate Yearly Progress' as it relates to MAP results?