The dashboard supports comparisons of achievement trends between student groups, including by school poverty level, with a recommendation to compare similar groups¶
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q2 i? The dashboard includes test counts, median achievement, and projected proficiency by grade and subject for groups defined by gender, race/ethnicity, and school poverty level, and recommends users compare similar student groups. → User guide for interpreting the NWEA state dashboard: Exploring the educational impacts of COVID-19 2021
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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 student-group section describes visualizations of test counts, median achievement, and projected proficiency by group, with school poverty measured by free or reduced-price lunch eligibility using 2020 SEDA data, and recommends comparing "similar student groups."
"It is recommended that users make comparisons among similar student groups (e.g., fourth grade males to fourth grade females)."
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Related Claims¶
- The dashboard reports median achievement percentiles normed to a nationally representative pre-COVID sample and projected proficiency against state cut scores — related
- Achievement declines from 2019 to 2022 were larger for students in high-poverty schools than in low-poverty schools in grades 1–2 — related
- 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
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The dashboard supports comparisons of achievement trends between student groups, including by school poverty level, with a recommendation to compare similar groups |
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The dashboard supports comparisons of achievement trends between student groups, including by school poverty level, with a recommendation to compare similar groups |
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