MAP Testing Training

@ Julius West MS

Meeting Outcomes

By the end of our MAP training session, you will have…

• Reviewed MAP One-Stop Shop
• Reviewed MAP training procedures
• Identified students who have assigned accommodations
• Reviewed procedures for reporting delayed starts and requesting tech support during testing.
• Set up testing groups for MAP M and MAP R (time permitting)

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Is Your Room TEST READY?

Materials Prohibited During Assessment Administration

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○ All personal electronic equipment not related to testing (e.g., cell phones, iPods,

smart watches)

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○ Any resource (e.g., books, posters, models, displays, teaching aids) that defines,

explains, illustrates terminology or concepts, or otherwise provides unauthorized

assistance during testing.

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○ Mathematical formulas, number lines, and conversion tables.

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○ Any manipulative not approved through a unique accommodation request prior to

Testing.

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Follow the general rule that if the material in question may help the student answer or find an answer, it is NOT allowed in the testing environment.

MAP Bell Schedule for Monday (09/12 and 09/19)

MAP Bell Schedule for Monday (09/19)

Test to Assign

MAP M: “MAP Growth: Math 6+”

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MAP R: “MAP Growth: Reading 6+”

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Spanish MAP M Version: Growth: Spanish Math 6+ CCSS 2010 V2 (Common Core Standards Mathematics 2010)

Students To Be Assigned Spanish Version MAP M

Student Engagement & Rapid Guessing

If a student continues to rapid-guess multiple times, the test will pause again. MAP Growth will have 3 pauses, with the final pause at the rapid‑guessing threshold (30% of questions possible on the test). Follow these best practices:

• As soon as possible, decide whether to continue the student’s test another day, when the student is able to reengage. If so, then Suspend the test.
• Before ending the testing session, click Download Session Progress to keep track of the student’s rapid guesses

Student Engagement & Rapid Guessing on Reports

• Teachers will see rapid guessing data on the Student Profile Report and Grade Breakdown Report
• A new report accessible to those with Administrator access, it will show students with completed test events that reached or exceeded the 30 percent threshold for excessive rapid guessing.

Active Proctoring & Actions

Teachers can monitor and troubleshoot from their own device, but it is strongly recommended they do not only monitor testing by computer

End of Testing Procedures at Julius West

Must be consistently implemented across the building. After the student has received their final score…

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● The student must sit quietly until the session has ended.

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MAP Growth Overview

Introduction to MAP Growth

MAP Growth is a computer adaptive test created by NWEA that kids take two to three times per school year. The results provide teachers with information to help them deliver appropriate content for each student and determine each student’s academic growth over time.

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Understanding MAP Growth

Take a moment to review the following resources, specifically:

• What does it mean to be computer adaptive?
• What does MAP Growth Measure?
• What is a RIT Score?
• Is MAP Growth a standardized test? How is it different from “high stakes” or state tests?
• Are MAP Growth tests accessible?
• Growth: Math & Reading Instructional Areas

Accommodations

The MAP assessments provide teachers, students, and parents with data on what students know and need to learn without the use of specific accommodations.

• Starting with the January 2020 Winter MAP Administration, the ‘read to’ accommodation and ‘calculator and math tools/manipulatives’ are now allowed on the MAP assessments for those students who have these accommodations on their IEP or 504 plan.

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Text to Speech

• TTS can only be assigned to students with this accommodation for MATH Growth tests
• Access Text-to-speech by selecting one or more students in a testing session and choosing Assign Accommodations.
• Check all boxes in the TTS accommodation window

Student Accommodations

Practice Test

Username: grow

Password: grow

Before Testing

Before Testing Checklist

1. Make sure you can login to the NWEA site.
• If you do not have an account, submit a help desk ticket
2. Review the schoolwide test schedule.
3. If you have never tested before, then watch the video on how to set up a test session.
• Proctor Quick Start Guides
4. Become familiar with the NWEA troubleshooting quick guide

The password reset link

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Username is your Outlook email address.

Forgot your password, no problem!

Setting Up a Test

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Setting up a Test Session

• Test sessions can be setup from any computer.
• For teachers the Test My Class button does everything!
• Non-Classroom, Testing Coordinator, or Make-up tests use Find Students to Test

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Test My Class

1. Click Test My Class.
2. Select one of your classes, if prompted.
3. Select one or more students and click Assign Test.
1. Assigning a test will have it selected automatically when they sign in

Test to Assign

MAP M: “MAP Growth: Math 6+”

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MAP R: “MAP Growth: Reading 6+”

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Spanish MAP M Version: Growth: Spanish Math 6+ CCSS 2010 V2 (Common Core Standards Mathematics 2010)

Find students to Test

1. Use the drop-down to select:
• Your School
• The Instructor
• The Class
2. Individual students can also be found by searching by last name or ID.
3. Click “Search” when done.

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Setting up a Test Session

All student names will be displayed.

Click the checkbox beside Last Name to select all (or you can select students individually. Be sure to uncheck any students not taking the test).

Click Add Students.

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Click Assign Test.

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Use the drop-down menu to choose the correct test. Look for MD

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Click Assign.

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Select the Appropriate Test

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The select test screen is the screen where mistakes happen the most often. ��If the proctor does not select the appropriate test ahead of time, students get the option to choose which test they want to take.

Save the session to test students later.

Give the session a name.

Click Save and Exit.

Use Test Now to test immediately.

Test Now or Save Session

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• Best practice: Keep names simple as students will need to type this exact name for Test Session Name
• ALL test session names must be unique and cannot be reused.
• Can rename or delete an existing test session when you end the session.
• Test session names have no impact on reporting

Naming Convention:

School Initials. Teacher.Content

(mcps.Milke.reading)

Under Manage Testing Sessions:

Click on the Show button to see a list of all saved testing sessions.

Select the radio button beside the correct test or

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Search for the testing session name.

Choose:

• Test Now
• Edit Session
• Delete Session

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Finding Saved Test Sessions

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Beginning a Testing Session

Click Test Now when you are ready to start the test session.

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Beginning a Testing Session

Note Session Name for students to enter.

Note Session Password for students to enter.

Note Proctor Interrupt PIN to pause and resume from the student’s computer.

Using the Proctor Console

Teacher Testing Tips & Script

NWEA has developed Testing Tips & Scripts to support MAP Growth Testing. The scripts are not required, but will send a consistent message to all students.

Opening the Test for Students

Click the Select Status drop-down and click All or Awaiting Student if that is the status of all students.

Opening the Test for Students

Click the Assign Test(s) drop-down.

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Choose the correct test.

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Click Assign.

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• Students can take the MAP Growth test on desktops or chromebooks
• On desktops students login and go to Folder #8 and select the MAP testing icon
• If you are testing in a lab and want to use LAN school to login, contact your ITSS for the login information
• For Chromebooks there is no login necessary. Students select Apps-MAP chromebook Testing App

What does it look like for students?

Students Open TestNav

Students enter Session Name

Students enter Session Password

Students click Join

Use the Test Warm-up before the test if desired.

Students Sign In

Students select their names from the drop-down list

Students click Next

The Sign In window appears.

Proctor-selected test name shows

Growth: Math 2-5 MD 2011

Proctors and Students Verify Information

Proctors and students should ensure the correct name appears.

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Students click Yes if the information is correct.

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Students see a final confirmation screen.

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The proctor sees “To Be Confirmed” beside the student/s’ name/s.

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The proctor clicks Confirm Now when ready.

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The student sees the Start Now button and clicks it.

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The student sees the “Please wait” message.

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Stagger Clicking “Start Test”

• To minimize bandwidth needs have students click Start Test in small batches.

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Best Practice!

Growth: Math 2-5 MD 2011

Student Engagement & Rapid Guessing

On most MAP® Growth™ tests, when a student has rapid-guessed on multiple questions, the test will pause, notifying both the student and the proctor that the student is going too quickly. It will pause three times during a student’s test session.

FAQ: MAP Growth student test engagement features

Student Engagement & Rapid Guessing

• If multiple tests are auto-paused at the same time, proctors have two options for resuming a test.
• Resume an individual test from the student screen using their proctor pin
• Resume one or more students from the proctor console

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Student Engagement & Rapid Guessing

If a student continues to rapid-guess multiple times, the test will pause again. MAP Growth will have 3 pauses, with the final pause at the rapid‑guessing threshold (30% of questions possible on the test). Follow these best practices:

• As soon as possible, decide whether to continue the student’s test another day, when the student is able to reengage. If so, then Suspend the test.
• Before ending the testing session, click Download Session Progress to keep track of the student’s rapid guesses

Student Engagement & Rapid Guessing on Reports

• Teachers will see rapid guessing data on the Student Profile Report and Grade Breakdown Report
• A new report accessible to those with Administrator access, it will show students with completed test events that reached or exceeded the 30 percent threshold for excessive rapid guessing.

Active Proctoring & Actions

Teachers can monitor and troubleshoot from their own device, but it is strongly recommended they do not only monitor testing by computer

Session Summary Details

The proctor console will feature a download (PDF or data file) that will include summary details from the test session, such as name, status, test duration, RIT score, last question completed (if test status is incomplete), and rapid-guessing information, including whether students reached the 30 percent rapid-guessing threshold.

The PDF or data file MUST be downloaded before the proctor ends the test session.

End of Testing Procedures at Julius West

Must be consistently implemented across the building. After the student has received their final score…

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● The student must sit quietly until the session has ended.

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● The student may sit quietly and use allowable materials (leisure book, classroom assignment, etc.)

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Troubleshooting

& �Support

Interactive Tutorials

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