Using Google’s

Looker Studio

to Inform Instruction

~ Efficiently using NWEA MAP Growth data to support our teachers and students

Efficiently using NWEA MAP Growth data

to support our teachers and students

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• Data collected from the NWEA MAP Growth benchmarks
• Data exported into Google Sheets
• Data connected to Google’s Looker Studio to create dashboards

Western Suffolk BOCES (WSB) School District - Special Education Division

About our district……

Western Suffolk BOCES (WSB) School District - Special Education Division

• Kindergarten - Age 21

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• 8 Programs

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• Regular and Alternate Assessments

• 18 Component Districts

What is NWEA?

NWEA is a research-based, not-for-profit organization that supports students and educators worldwide by creating assessment solutions that precisely measure growth and proficiency—and provide insights to help tailor instruction.

What is NWEA?

In other words… NWEA MAP Growth is an online Assessment that can be given up to 4x a year with 40-53 questions that adapts to the students’ levels.

WSB NWEA MAP Growth Data

• K- 5 Data

• 2 Schools

• First time, at Grade Level

• Then, Functioning level

• Picks up from where student left off

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• Regular Assessment Students

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• Math only

Terms to Know…..

Achievement Level

Fall to Spring RIT Score Growth

Functional Level

Test RIT Score

Terms

Goal Area RIT Score

Percent Correct

Goal Area

Goal Area Growth

Terms to Know…

Test RIT Score:

RIT = Rasch Unit or Scale Score

Overall Test RIT Score Averaging all RIT Scores of four Goal Areas

Goal Area:

In Math =

Operations & Algebraic Thinking ~ Number & Operations ~ Measurement & Data ~ Geometry

Goal Area RIT Score

Overall RIT Score for that Math Goal Area

More Terms to Know…

Percent Correct

Number of items answered correctly divided by the total number of items in the test, multiplied by 100. Since MAP Growth tests are adaptive, we typically expect students to answer approximately 50% of the test questions correctly.

Functional Level

The grade level academics that the student is able to complete successfully.

The Last of the Terms to Know…

Terms

Fall and Spring (Can be administered 4x a year)

Fall to Spring RIT Score Growth

The difference between a student’s Fall Test RIT Score and Spring Test RIT Score

Goal Area Growth:

The difference between a student’s RIT Score in each Goal Area from Fall to Spring

Google Sheets - Using Google's Looker Studio to Inform Instruction Math Data

Google Sheets - Using Google's Looker Studio to Inform Instruction Math Data

Google's Looker Studio Dashboard

Have a great summer!

Using Google’s

Looker Studio

to Inform Instruction

~ Efficiently using NWEA MAP Growth data to support our teachers and students