The dashboard reports median achievement percentiles normed to a nationally representative pre-COVID sample and projected proficiency against state cut scores¶
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q2 i? The dashboard's first metric summarizes median achievement percentiles by grade, subject, and term relative to NWEA 2020 norms, which reflect typical achievement and growth prior to COVID-related disruptions. → User guide for interpreting the NWEA state dashboard: Exploring the educational impacts of COVID-19 2021
q2 i? The second metric summarizes proficiency projections on a state's end-of-year summative assessment, comparing each student's MAP Growth RIT score to cut scores in the state's linking study. → User guide for interpreting the NWEA state dashboard: Exploring the educational impacts of COVID-19 2021 (2)
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User guide for interpreting the NWEA state dashboard: Exploring the educational impacts of COVID-19 2021¶
User guide for interpreting the NWEA state dashboard: Exploring the educational impacts of COVID-19. (2021). NWEA Center for School and Student Progress. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/user-guide-for-interpreting-the-nwea-state-dashboard-exploring-the-educational-impacts-of-covid-19/
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The guide's key-metrics section describes median achievement percentiles by grade, subject, and term, based on NWEA 2020 norms that provide insight into typical achievement and growth "prior to COVID-related disruptions."
"This set of results contextualizes student achievement in a state relative to a nationally representative norming sample of other same-grade students from across the country."
User guide for interpreting the NWEA state dashboard: Exploring the educational impacts of COVID-19 2021 (2)¶
User guide for interpreting the NWEA state dashboard: Exploring the educational impacts of COVID-19. (2021). NWEA Center for School and Student Progress. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/user-guide-for-interpreting-the-nwea-state-dashboard-exploring-the-educational-impacts-of-covid-19/
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The guide explains proficiency projections contextualize achievement relative to each state's own proficiency thresholds, which "may vary in difficulty from state to state," with details in state-specific linking studies.
"Briefly, at each term, a student’s MAP Growth RIT score can be compared to cut scores found in a state’s linking study; this allows educators to identify students who are or are not projected to be proficient on state summative tests."
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Related Claims¶
- Under the 2025 MAP Growth norms, the same reading RIT score can rank higher in achievement percentile due to national declines in achievement — related
- MAP Growth cut scores at the 30th percentile of national norms best identify Grade K-8 students in need of intensive intervention in reading and mathematics — related
- The dashboard supports comparisons of achievement trends between student groups, including by school poverty level, with a recommendation to compare similar groups — related
- MAP Growth spring RIT cut scores classify students as proficient or not proficient on the MCA-III Mathematics test with 0.87–0.90 overall accuracy — related
- The NWEA COVID-19 visualization provides state-level insights into 2020–2021 MAP Growth performance to inform academic recovery — a broader claim this one bears on
- Post-COVID norm shifts and NWEA's enhanced item selection algorithm change the interpretation of MAP Growth metrics for school accountability — related
- The 2025 MAP Growth Norms are based on national test samples from 2022–23 and 2023–24, and dashboard results are not comparable to reports using 2020 norms — reports the opposite
- The MAP Growth National Dashboard draws on a sample of over seven million students in 20,000 schools, about one in four US public schools — related
- Linking studies connect MAP Growth scores to state summative proficiency predictions and external measures — related
- Drawing ability scores rise from grade IB to grade 8A, but the data support group norms rather than a distinctive norm for each grade — related
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The dashboard reports median achievement percentiles normed to a nationally representative pre-COVID sample and projected proficiency against state cut scores |
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The dashboard reports median achievement percentiles normed to a nationally representative pre-COVID sample and projected proficiency against state cut scores |
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