Pilot test events largely fulfilled updated blueprint requirements, including increased reading passages per test event¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · checked against its sources 2026-10-15 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In K-2 math, over 95% of test events achieved the target number of items per instructional area and 100% were within 1 item of target; reading grade bands showed more variability. → J. Patrick Meyer 2023 q2 i? The algorithm met reading-passage goals: 90-97% of 2-5 pilot test events had two passages (versus 71-91% comparison) and 95-97% of 6+ pilot events had three passages. → J. Patrick Meyer 2023 (2)

Evidence¶

J. Patrick Meyer 2023¶

J. Patrick Meyer, Ann Hu, Sylvia Li. (2023). Content Proximity Spring 2022 Pilot Study Research Brief. Psychometric Solutions, NWEA. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/content-proximity-spring-2022-pilot-study-research-report/

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Analysis of extant pilot test events against blueprints showed in K-2 math "over 95% of test events achieved the target number items per instructional area"; in math, 2-5 and 6+ bands had 90% or more of test events within 2 items of target. Reading tests in the 2-5 and 6+ bands varied more: 65% to 80% of test events were within two items of target per instructional area (81% to 93% within three).

"In the K-2 band for math, over 95% of test events achieved the target number items per instructional area and 100% were within 1 item of the target number."

J. Patrick Meyer 2023 (2)¶

J. Patrick Meyer, Ann Hu, Sylvia Li. (2023). Content Proximity Spring 2022 Pilot Study Research Brief. Psychometric Solutions, NWEA. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/content-proximity-spring-2022-pilot-study-research-report/

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Reading passage counts per test event showed "90% to 97% of pilot group test events on the 2-5 test had two reading passages" versus 71-91% in the comparison group; for 6+ tests, 95-97% of pilot events had three passages.

"A total of 90% to 97% of pilot group test events on the 2-5 test had two reading passages. Only 6% of events had no reading passages. In the comparison group, the percentages of test events with two reading passages were lower and ranged from 71 to 91."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Content Proximity pilot tests contained significantly more on-grade items and made better use of adjacent-grade items than traditional MAP Growth tests — related
• The Content Proximity spring 2022 pilot study examined validity, reliability, and test score comparability of MAP Growth assessments using the new item-selection algorithm — a broader claim this one bears on
• Pilot test events represented fewer grade levels overall, with more grade levels represented for low- and high-performing students, while the comparison group showed the opposite pattern — related
• Pilot user norms provide basic contextual information but are drawn from a limited, non-representative pool of test events — related