NWEA - Northwest Evaluation Association Interpreting Key Reports Questions and Answers — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A teacher is reviewing the Achievement Status and Growth report for their class after the winter benchmark. One student is plotted in the 'High Achievement, Low Growth' quadrant. What is the most accurate interpretation of this student's data?
- The student has a high RIT score compared to their peers but did not meet their projected growth from the previous term. (Correct answer)
- The student scored in a high percentile for growth but a low percentile for overall achievement.
- The student is demonstrating accelerated learning and has surpassed their growth projection significantly.
- The student achieved a low RIT score but is showing more growth than peers with similar scores.
Correct answer: The student has a high RIT score compared to their peers but did not meet their projected growth from the previous term.
The Achievement Status and Growth report plots students based on two metrics: their achievement percentile (horizontal axis) and their conditional growth percentile (vertical axis). A student in the 'High Achievement, Low Growth' quadrant has an achievement percentile above the 50th percentile but a conditional growth percentile below the 50th, indicating their growth was less than the typical growth for students with a similar starting score.
Question 2: On the NWEA Grade Report, a teacher notices that the standard deviation for the class's overall RIT score in mathematics is 18.5. Which of the following is the best interpretation of this number?
- The class has a wide range of mathematical abilities, indicating significant academic diversity. (Correct answer)
- The average RIT score for the class is 18.5 points above the national norm.
- On average, students in the class are projected to grow by 18.5 RIT points by the next testing period.
- The majority of students in the class scored within 18.5 percent of the mean RIT score.
Correct answer: The class has a wide range of mathematical abilities, indicating significant academic diversity.
Standard deviation on the Grade Report indicates the academic diversity of a group of students. A higher number signifies greater diversity in scores, meaning the students' abilities are more spread out. A low number would mean the students are more academically similar.
Question 3: A student's fall-to-spring Student Progress Report shows a Conditional Growth Percentile (CGP) of 65. What does this number signify?
- The student answered 65% of the questions on the spring test correctly.
- The student's overall achievement is at the 65th percentile compared to their peers nationwide.
- The student's academic growth between fall and spring was equal to or greater than 65% of students with similar starting scores. (Correct answer)
- The student is projected to score at the 65th percentile on the next NWEA assessment.
Correct answer: The student's academic growth between fall and spring was equal to or greater than 65% of students with similar starting scores.
The Conditional Growth Percentile (CGP) is a normative statistic that compares a student's growth over time to that of academically similar peers (same grade, subject, starting RIT score, and weeks of instruction). A CGP of 65 means the student grew more than 65% of their academic peers between the two test events. It does not represent achievement percentile or percentage of correct answers.
Question 4: When using the Student Profile report for goal-setting conferences, which data point provides the most specific information for identifying a student's relative strengths and areas of concern to build an action plan?
- The overall RIT score and percentile rank.
- The student's Lexile® range.
- The RIT scores for each instructional area. (Correct answer)
- The comparison to the district and norm grade level mean RIT.
Correct answer: The RIT scores for each instructional area.
The Student Profile report breaks down the overall RIT score into scores for specific instructional areas (also called goal areas). These scores pinpoint a student's performance in different domains within a subject (e.g., 'Algebra' vs. 'Geometry' in math), allowing teachers and students to identify specific skills to focus on for improvement.
Question 5: A school administrator is reviewing the School Profile report to evaluate the impact of a new literacy curriculum implemented at the beginning of the year. Which feature of this report would be most useful for this purpose?
- The Single-Term Achievement tab showing the current winter scores.
- The ability to filter results by teacher and class name.
- The Growth and Achievement tab comparing fall and winter data across grade levels. (Correct answer)
- The list of individual student RIT scores for the entire school.
Correct answer: The Growth and Achievement tab comparing fall and winter data across grade levels.
The School Profile report is designed to help leaders identify trends. The 'Growth and Achievement' tab allows for a comparison between two terms (e.g., fall to winter), making it ideal for evaluating the impact of a new program by tracking changes in both achievement and growth across entire grades or the whole school.
Question 6: Which NWEA report is specifically designed to be shared with parents and families, providing an overview of a student's progress in a user-friendly format?
- Class Report
- Student Profile Report
- Achievement Status and Growth Report
- Family Report (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Family Report
The Family Report is specifically designed to communicate a student's MAP Growth results to their parents and family. It presents key information like the student's RIT score, growth, and percentile ranks in a format that is easy to understand for a non-educator audience.
NWEA - Northwest Evaluation Association Interpreting Key Reports Questions and Answers
A teacher is reviewing the Achievement Status and Growth report for their class after the winter benchmark.
One student is plotted in the 'High Achievement, Low Growth' quadrant.
What is the most accurate interpretation of this student's data?