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General Information about the Missouri Assessment Program Grade-Level Assessments
The
Missouri
Assessment
Program (MAP)
Grade-Level Assessments
evaluate
students’
progress
toward
the
Missouri Learning Standards
.
The MAP Grade-Level Assessments include
assessments
in
the
subject
areas
of
English language arts
(grades
3-8),
mathematics
(grades
3-8),
and
science
(grades
5
and
8).
MAP Grade-Level Assessments provide important
information
that
contributes to decisions
concerning
individual
students,
groups
of
students,
and
educational
programs.
This spring, for the first time, the MAP Grade-Level Assessments will be administered online. This approach represents a significant improvement over traditional paper-and-pencil assessments. Online assessments offer unique ways of assessing content and standards that are difficult to assess using paper-and-pencil tests. For example, listening can be assessed easily in an online assessment using a text-to-speech feature that allows students to listen to a passage and replay it as many times as they wish before responding to an associated set of questions. Additionally, online assessment allows for supports and accommodations that effectively meet a wide range of student needs. For example, a student has the ability to use a magnification feature within the system to enlarge an item. Another advantage of online assessments is that districts will receive student scores more quickly than in the past.
The
MAP
Grade-Level
Assessments
include multiple
types
of
questions
or
items:
·
Selected Response
(also known as multiple choice)
items
are
composed
of
a question followed by a series of possible responses. Students must select the correct response or responses.
·
Constructed
Response or Short Text
items
require
students
to
supply
an
appropriate
response
rather
than
making
a
selection
from
a list
of
choices.
·
Performance
Tasks/
Events
allow students
to
work
through
more
complicated
items
using real-world scenarios.
·
Technology Enhanced
items make use of technology in the presentation of the item, the ways in which students respond, or both. For example, students might watch a video and then drag and drop labels into a diagram, or click on specific parts of a text to provide a response.
Parents can preview the MAP Grade-Level Assessment administration system and the item types included on each assessment by reviewing the practice tests and tutorials that are available in the Missouri Assessment Program portal, called eDIRECT. Parents can access practice tests and tutorials by going to the MAP Grade-Level Assessment website
(
http://dese.mo.gov/college-career-readiness/assessment/grade-level
) and clicking on Grade-Level Online Tools Training in the "Quick Links" box . No login or password is necessary to review practice tests or tutorials.
After testing, your child will receive an Individual Student Report that will give you information about his or her achievement in terms of
the
content
and
skills
assessed
by
the
MAP Grade-Level Assessment at his or her grade level. Your child's Individual Student Report will include an Achievement Level, which will describe his or her performance for the grade level and content area as Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, or Advanced. The report will also include a short description of the knowledge and skills that are typically demonstrated by students in each Achievement Level for that grade level and content area.
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) publishes a
Guide to Interpreting Results
(GIR) that provides additional detail about the content of the Individual Student Reports. The GIR for the Spring 2015 MAP Grade-Level Assessments will be available on the DESE website at
http://dese.mo.gov/college-career-readiness/assessment/grade-level
when MAP Grade-Level Assessment Individual Student Reports are distributed.
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