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Retest Recommended—Rapid Guessing

 

Description

Provides a spreadsheet showing students who completed testing but exceeded the rapid-guessing threshold, so you can consider whether to retest.

See also:

  • Student Profile Report —shows estimated impact on a student’s score from rapid guessing
  • Test History Search (under Manage Test Sessions > Find Students to Test)—searches for students with suspended tests or with completed tests that reached the rapid-guessing threshold
Applicable Tests MAP Growth and MAP Growth K–2.

Required Roles

Administrator, School Assessment Coordinator, or District Assessment Coordinator

Date Limits

1 year prior, for tests completed within your test window range (set under Manage Terms)

About Rapid Guessing

A rapid guess means the student answered well below the average response time measured by NWEA for each test question. The response is so fast that the student could not have viewed the question completely.

The rapid-guessing threshold means the student rapid-guessed on 30% or more of the questions possible on the test. As a result, the score might misrepresent the student’s abilities.

Rapid guessing is not connected to total test duration. A student can finish quickly but still answer within the average time per question, and so not trigger the rapid-guessing alert.

How Rapid Guessing Affects Scoring

MAP Growth tests rely on students genuinely attempting each question, so that the tests can adaptively choose a harder or easier question based on the student’s response. For example:

A student answering randomly in a rapid response undermines the adaptive selection. To compensate, MAP Growth halts the adaptive selection and keeps providing questions with the same difficulty level. However, as soon as the student answers in a normal response time, then the test adapts difficulty again. For example:

The final RIT score includes all answers, including rapid responses, so if the student re-engaged quickly, the RIT score should accurately represent student performance. However, too many random answers could undermine the student’s potential RIT score.

Impact on RIT—You can see an estimate of the impact rapid-guessing might have on a student’s RIT score. See Subject Scores in the Student Profile report.

Key Options for Generating a Retest Recommended—Rapid Guessing Report

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Term Tested: Term with the test events you want to see. For example, in the fall you might want to see results from the previous spring. Choices are limited to terms that are concurrent with or that precede the Term Rostered.

School: The choices you have depend on your MAP role. The District Assessment Coordinator role can choose from across the district, while the Administrator role is limited to assigned schools.

Grade, Subject: Select as many as needed; they will all appear in a single spreadsheet file (CSV format). This filter is based on the grade students had at the time of testing, which may differ from their current grade.