Use norms to individualize instruction, set achievement goals, and evaluate performance¶

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Description¶

The report frames normative data as a practical tool for educators making instructional decisions. It states that knowing how students performed or grew "compared to an appr opriate reference peer group also is important for individualizing instruction, setting achie vement goals for students or entire schools, under- standing achievement patterns and evaluating student perf ormance." The applications chapter elaborates uses of achievement norms, growth norms, and considerations such as setting reasonable expectations and the standard error of measurement.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Access to the norms tables and the student's or school's current scores and term of testing

Constraints¶

• The report cautions that applying the norms requires setting reasonable and realistic expectations and attending to the standard error of measurement and instructional weeks

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students and entire schools

Target Learning Goals¶

• individualizing instruction, setting achievement goals, evaluating student performance

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Thum, Y. M., & Kuhfeld, M. (2020). NWEA 2020 MAP Growth Achievement Status and Growth Norms for Students and Schools. NWEA Research Report. Portland, OR: NWEA. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/nwea-2020-map-growth-achievement-status-and-growth-norms-for-students-and-schools/