NWEA MAP Overview for HHS Teachers & Students

Understanding MAP Basics and How HHS Will Use MAP

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Horizon High School

August 2025

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NWEA MAP Basics: What is MAP?

• MAP is…
• an academic growth monitoring instrument.
• While the MAP test does measure achievement, its primary function is to measure growth over a semester and beyond (over years).
• The grade level is used to establish a benchmark and compare students’ growth to other students.
• Using MAP helps the instructional team and students to move from an achievement mindset to a growth mindset.

NWEA MAP Basics: What is MAP?

NWEA MAP Basics: What is MAP?

• MAP…
• Helps to monitor the growth mindset…this means that, no matter your instructional level, low or high, you should still GROW!
• We know that students have instructional gaps, but how do we know what gaps are closing and to what extent?

NWEA MAP Basics: What is MAP?

• MAP…
• aligns with Texas Standards and other assessments.
• Instructional teams can precisely target instruction and interventions to guide students toward growth.

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NWEA MAP Basics: What is MAP?

• MAP…
• From experience:
• Provides insight on how students could perform on the state assessment before they take the test
• Experienced a 90% or above correlation between the MAP scores and the STAAR tests for English and Math.
• This means that 90% of the time, MAP and STAAR scores align, telling us the probability of students passing or not passing the STAAR tests

Student Instructional Growth at the Student Level�

• The reliability of the MAP data has been high in predicting instructional growth and achievement on the STAAR assessments.
• We have used MAP data to:
• Plan differentiation - especially for Inclusion and Resource Classes
• Identify the skills students need to refine or develop to access grade-level content
• Identify the areas for growth targeting STAAR achievement levels - Approaches, Meets, Masters
• Organize gap tutoring,
• Guide instruction for SAT growth

Video: You Can Learn Anything – The Growth Mindset!

Human Brain

Intelligence can be developed

Challenging work makes the brain smarter and stronger

The brain is capable of changing

Do’s and Don'ts for the test

• Do’s:
• Charge your Chromebook before testing!
• Take the test seriously – it helps teachers know how to teach you!
• Pace yourself – the test will usually take between 40 to 60 minutes, depending on the test.
• Use your results to take ownership of your learning and growth

• Do Not:
• Rapid guessing—Don’t click the buttons without trying to answer the questions. The test will stop if you guess rapidly!
• Take too long to answer a question – if you don’t know the answer after 1 or 1.5 minutes, choose your best answer and move on!

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MAP Growth vs. Achievement

Growth is the positive difference in RiT scores between where a student starts the year and where they are at the end of the instructional period.

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The growth is also normed to compare the growth to other students and schools.

Achievement is the measure of the application of skills and the knowledge of concepts based on complexity compared to other students.

Achievement is also normed to find where our students fall into the achievement distribution scale.

Grade 9 Growth and Achievement Overview

Grade 10 Growth and Achievement Overview

Grade 9 Growth and Achievement Overview

Algebra I

What questions do you have?

Purpose of MAP Growth

• The purpose of MAP Growth is to determine what the student knows and is ready to learn next.
• MAP Growth is designed to measure student achievement in the moment and growth over time.
• MAP Growth can also track students' individual growth over time, wherever they are starting from and regardless of the grade they are in.

MAP Growth Testing Procedures & Protocols

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Please remember that this assessment involves TIA funding. Teachers may receive funding based on student growth, for that reason these assessments will be administered following “STAAR” like procedures.

This may include:

• Properly train Test Administrators & Proctors
• Actively monitoring from Test Administrator
• Accommodations given based on ARD/504/LPAC recommendations
• Testing plan in place

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Active Monitoring

What Clint ISD considers active monitoring

(click on the link to access the document)

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2025-2026

Testing Window Overview

BOY: August 18-29

MOY: December 8-12

EOY : May 4-15

MAP/BOY Testing Assignments and Schedule

MAP Growth Test Description

New & Returning Staff

Tutorials

TUTORIALS

Teacher Resources & Materials

• Watch
• Proctor Quick Start
• Set Up Testing Session
• Interrupt + Continue Testing
• Make-Up Testing
• Print
• Proctor Quick Start
• Testing Tips for MAP Growth Student Directions Script

Practice Tests

1. MANAGE TEST SESSIONS
2. Test My Class
3. Select Class Period/Course (you may have more than one page, use arrows to navigate from page to page)
4. Test Now
5. Select Status
1. All
6. Assign Test
• Test Name (Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Language, Reading)
7. Assign Accommodations/Add Student/Remove Student
8. Session Name & Password will appear
9. END SESSION
• Save and Exit

Manage Test Sessions-Clicks

Test Administer

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1. Download Session Progress after every testing session

Student View

Student Testing Options

Secure Testing APP

*Recommended for in-person testing and as an alternative to response for technology issues.

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Web Browser

*Recommended for remote testing for monitoring purposes (Must be approved by the appropriate committee)

https://test.mapnwea.org/ [test.mapnwea.org]

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Student View

Username and Password appear on the proctor’s screen.

Student Pages

Rapid Response

Student Screen

Proctor Screen

How do we know if a student is finished???

Every student’s number of questions will differ and student test is complete when they receive the message of “Congratulations you finished the test!” and the teacher/proctor sees the status of “Completed”

Most common issue… Let’s TROUBLESHOOT!