NWEA Interpreting Key Reports 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: On the Class Report, what does a student's RIT score represent?
- The student's grade-level percentile rank
- A scale score indicating the student's current achievement level (Correct answer)
- The number of questions answered correctly
- The student's growth target for the year
Correct answer: A scale score indicating the student's current achievement level
The RIT score is a scale score on the Rasch Unit scale that represents a student's current academic achievement level, independent of grade.
Question 2: The District Growth Report compares observed growth to projected growth. What does 'projected growth' mean in this context?
- Growth expected based on national norms for similar students (Correct answer)
- Growth required to reach grade-level proficiency
- Growth achieved in the previous school year
- Growth predicted by the classroom teacher
Correct answer: Growth expected based on national norms for similar students
Projected growth is the average growth expected for students who started at the same RIT score, based on NWEA national norms.
Question 3: When reviewing the Student Profile Report, a student shows a Lexile range. How should this information be used?
- To assign the student to a specific reading group permanently
- To identify books and texts at an appropriate reading level for the student (Correct answer)
- To determine the student's overall GPA
- To calculate the student's national percentile for writing
Correct answer: To identify books and texts at an appropriate reading level for the student
The Lexile range on the Student Profile helps educators select appropriately challenging reading materials for independent and instructional reading.
Question 4: In the Achievement Status and Growth Summary report, what does the 'Percent Met Projected Growth' metric tell administrators?
- The percentage of students who scored above the 50th percentile
- The share of students whose observed growth equaled or exceeded their projected growth (Correct answer)
- The percentage of students who are on track for college readiness
- The proportion of students who improved their percentile rank
Correct answer: The share of students whose observed growth equaled or exceeded their projected growth
Percent Met Projected Growth shows what fraction of students grew as much as or more than the NWEA norm-based projection for their starting RIT score.
Question 5: A teacher notices that many students in her class have RIT scores in the 'Low' goal area for Operations and Algebraic Thinking. Which report provides the most targeted next step?
- Student Profile Report
- Goal Area Performance report within the Class Report (Correct answer)
- District Summary Report
- Normative Data report
Correct answer: Goal Area Performance report within the Class Report
The Goal Area Performance section of the Class Report breaks down performance by instructional domain, helping teachers target specific skill gaps.
Question 6: On an NWEA report, a RIT score of 220 in reading appears in the fall and 224 in the spring. What is the student's observed growth?
- 220 RIT points
- 4 RIT points (Correct answer)
- 224 RIT points
- 44 RIT points
Correct answer: 4 RIT points
Observed growth is calculated by subtracting the fall RIT score from the spring RIT score: 224 − 220 = 4 RIT points.
Question 7: What is the primary purpose of the NWEA Normative Data supplement when interpreting reports?
- To set state proficiency cut scores for accountability
- To provide grade-level median RIT scores and expected growth for comparison (Correct answer)
- To list the specific questions each student answered incorrectly
- To rank schools within a district by overall performance
Correct answer: To provide grade-level median RIT scores and expected growth for comparison
The Normative Data supplement provides median RIT scores and typical growth by grade and subject, serving as the national benchmark for interpreting student performance.
NWEA Interpreting Key Reports 2
On the Class Report, what does a student's RIT score represent?