Achievement Status and Growth
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Errors that result from a mismatch between data in the MAP system and data in the import files for schools, grades, ethnic groups, or programs.
The test event that is considered the most reliable for measuring student growth for a given term for a given subject. A test event must occur within a school’s test window to be considered as a growth test event. If multiple tests are valid and occur within the test window, the test event with the lowest standard error of measure (SEM) is the growth test event.
Learning resources designed to help you translate the raw data from your students' assessments into actionable plans for instruction, grouping, and more. The two types of instructional resources supplied by the MAP system are DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning (DesCartes) and Primary Grades Instructional Data (PGID).
A period of time in which students are grouped in classes for instruction. It is identified by season and academic year.
Measures of Academic Progress®
MAP® Administration and Reporting Center, the MAP system interface for users with assigned roles
MAP® Student Testing Center, the MAP interface for students, which also allows intervention by proctors
Northwest Evaluation Association
Primary Grades Instructional Data, an instructional resource
Collection of information that identifies a MAP® user and gives the user access to the MAP system.
For a student who is enrolled at more than one school in the same term, the school that includes the student's data in its class- and district-level MAP reports.
Standard Error of Measure
Student Information System
A period of time in which students are grouped in classes for instruction. It is identified by the season and academic year.