Spanish examinee RIT scores and item difficulty increase on average from kindergarten through high school, with item difficulty matching student ability¶
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q2 i? Average Math scores ranged from 158 to 218 and Reading from 151 to 206 across grades; score variability tended to increase by grade, and high school Reading averaged lower than grade 8 Reading. → MAP Growth Technical Report Spanish Addendum for 2024–2025 2026
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MAP Growth Technical Report Spanish Addendum for 2024–2025 2026¶
MAP Growth Technical Report Spanish Addendum for 2024–2025. (2026). HMH Education Company / NWEA. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/map-growth-spanish-technical-report-addendum/
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Cross-sectional comparison of examinee RIT scores to item difficulties (Table 4.4). The report also states "The average Reading score in high school is lower than the average Reading score for grade 8" and that item difficulty values are similar to average student RIT scores.
"Spanish student RIT scores for 2024–2025 increased on average from kindergarten through high school, as shown in Table 4.4. Average Math scores range from a low of 158 to a high of 218."
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Related Claims¶
- Spanish Math and Reading scores show high marginal reliability and moderate-to-strong test-retest stability, lowest for fall–spring and kindergarten — related
- Measurement precision is strongest for students in the middle of the Spanish score distribution, with CSEM near the 3.3 RIT target — related
- Spanish Math items show well-balanced difficulty and stable strong discrimination across 2024–2025 terms — related
- Spanish Reading items show gradually increasing mean p values and stable discrimination with no negatively discriminating items — related
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Spanish examinee RIT scores and item difficulty increase on average from kindergarten through high school, with item difficulty matching student ability |
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Spanish examinee RIT scores and item difficulty increase on average from kindergarten through high school, with item difficulty matching student ability |
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