1. Sharing
MAP Data
with Parents
Ray Wilson and Linda Foote
Fall 2006

2. Don’t Look At the Scoreboard

3. Keep the focus on class and
student learning rather than
“scores.”
• No more than five minutes
dedicated to MAP results
• Note student strengths and
areas for improvement.
• Focus on the language of
learning

4. New Class Report in TIM

5. Gather a Body of Evidence
• MAP Individual Student Progress Reports
• STAR Performance Levels
• Samples of student work
• Student Reflections

6. Organize Your Materials
• Be strategic about when in
the conference to share
MAP results
• Prepare class and/or
individual student goals
• Have your RIT Reference
Chart at hand
• Have parent resources
available

7. For Parents Who Need More
• PUSD Parent MAP Resources Website
• The NWEA Parent Toolkit: A guide to NWEA A
• PUSD Lexile Website

8. What about Scores
that Drop?
• A test is only an estimate
(Standard Error of Measure: 2.5-3.5)
• These scores are only single indicators.
What other evidence do we have?
• Did the test have meaning (context) for
the student?

9. What about Scores
that Drop?
• Did the instruction between testing
periods address the skills tested?
• Were there other challenges or issues
distracting the student that day?
• Seek the student’s input.
• Is it a pattern or an anomaly?

10. Resources for Teachers
• NWEA’s
Understanding Teacher and Class Reports
• PUSD MAP Resource
Site for Teachers
• Lexile Resources