students are only required to take each EOC exam once. If a student has already taken the English
2 last year . It is not necessary to take again. Though the student could take the exam so the teacher could assign a grade for grading purposes.
It is possible to do session 2 prior to session 1, but we do not recommend that it be done this way. Psychometricians, people who study measurement, have arranged the test in these two session in this manner and feel that it is best given in this session 1 then session 2 manner. But you can do change it if you like.
Trish
Nothing containing content or process can be on the walls of the testing room during Grade Level Assessments or EOC Assessments. Motivational statements such as “Good Luck on the MAP!” are not considered content or process. Character eduation words (honesty, perserverance, etc.) are okay as individual words, as well.
Danielle
These training meetings are critically important for District and Building Test Coordinators who are responsible for administration of the MAP Grade-Level and EOC Exams. It is recommended that every district send at least one person to one of the Grade-Level and EOC Manuals meetings with a maximum of 3 people from each district for each meeting.
You can register for these trainings at the MAP website.
Mary Lou will be sending the spreadsheets soon for your schedule for the EOC and Grade-Level MAP tests for the Spring. Be on the look-out and be thinking about your schools and how you are going to be scheduleing for the tests. Trish and Danielle
New Study Confirms: Missouri’s Academic Standards Are Among the Nation’s Highest
A national report released today (Oct. 29) by the National Center for Education Statistics confirms that Missouri’s academic performance standards in reading and mathematics are among the most rigorous in the nation. Specifically, Missouri standards rate second-highest of all states in three out of four areas measured.
The findings are based on a new study, “Mapping State Proficiency Standards onto NAEP Scales: 2005-2007.” The analysis looks at academic proficiency standards set by each state and compares them by using the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as the common yardstick.
“This report is very good news for Missouri,” said Commissioner of Education Chris
L. Nicastro. “It verifies what we have been saying for years: Missouri has established high expectations for students and schools through our Show-Me Standards and the MAP tests. Such standards create real challenges for our public schools, but it is gratifying to see Missouri being recognized for its high expectations.”
Nicastro said the timing of the report could not be better.
“This study puts Missouri in an excellent position as we consider adopting the Common Core State Standards and as we prepare our Race to the Top grant proposal. Our high standards should have a positive impact on the rigor of the final draft of the Common Core Standards. And rigorous standards will give us an edge in the Race to the Top competition,” she said.
The new NCES study shows that states vary widely in where they set their student proficiency standards in reading and mathematics in grades 4 and 8. By “mapping” the state standards onto the common scale used in the NAEP testing program, the study measures the relative difficulty of each state’s expectations.
Based on this study, Missouri’s proficiency standards are:
• Second in rigor only to Massachusetts in grade 4 reading and grade 4 math.
• Second only to South Carolina in grade 8 reading.
• Fourth in the nation in grade 8 mathematics (behind South Carolina, Massachusetts and Hawaii).
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Visit the MAP website at http://map.missouristate.edu/
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