MAP Continuing Education Requirements 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which type of professional learning would best help teachers interpret MAP score reports?
- A workshop on classroom decoration
- A session on bus safety
- Training on cafeteria procedures
- Data literacy training on achievement levels and reporting categories (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Data literacy training on achievement levels and reporting categories
Data literacy training helps teachers turn MAP results into instructional decisions.
Question 2: MAP results are reported using which achievement levels?
- Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, Advanced (Correct answer)
- Fail, Pass, Honors, High Honors
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Novice, Apprentice, Journeyman, Master
Correct answer: Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, Advanced
MAP uses four achievement levels: Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, and Advanced.
Question 3: Which grades take the MAP Grade-Level science assessment, a focus for science teachers' professional learning?
- Grades 3 and 4
- Every grade from K to 12
- Grades 6 and 7
- Grades 5 and 8 (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Grades 5 and 8
MAP Grade-Level science is administered in grades 5 and 8.
Question 4: A teacher who changes districts in Missouri while holding an IPC should expect that:
- They must retake their bachelor's degree
- Remaining IPC requirements still must be completed, often with the new district's support (Correct answer)
- All requirements are erased and restart from zero automatically
- The certificate becomes invalid immediately
Correct answer: Remaining IPC requirements still must be completed, often with the new district's support
IPC requirements are tied to the educator's certificate, so remaining steps carry over to the new district.
Question 5: Which professional learning approach involves teachers meeting regularly to analyze student data and plan instruction together?
- Board of education meetings
- Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) (Correct answer)
- Annual field trips
- Solo summer reading
Correct answer: Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
PLCs are collaborative teams that use data, including MAP results, to improve instruction.
Question 6: Why should test examiners review the current year's MAP Test Examiner's Manual even if they administered the test before?
- Reading it earns college credit
- The manual is identical every year
- It is only required for substitute teachers
- Directions, timing, or security procedures may have been updated (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Directions, timing, or security procedures may have been updated
DESE revises MAP manuals, so prior experience does not replace review of current procedures.
Question 7: Which MAP assessment is given to students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, requiring specialized examiner training?
- MAP-A (MAP Alternate) (Correct answer)
- MAP End-of-Course English II
- ACT WorkKeys
- ACCESS for ELLs
Correct answer: MAP-A (MAP Alternate)
MAP-A, based on Dynamic Learning Maps, assesses students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.
MAP Continuing Education Requirements 4
Which type of professional learning would best help teachers interpret MAP score reports?