Individual Student Report

Description	The Individual Student report is where you’ll find the most specific student-level results from each MAP Reading Fluency test as well as instructional tips, next steps, and past performance.
Intended audience	Instructors, School Administrators
Required role	Instructor, School Administrator

Continue reading or select a link to learn more about Individual Student Report data.

Accessing Individual Student reports via class-level reports

Individual Student reports are accessible via the class-level reports. Follow along below with the annotated screenshot and numbered steps.

1. Select Reports on the dark gray menu bar at the top of the screen, then choose one of the following reports from the drop-down menu, depending on which data you would like to review.

   Selecting a report to access specific Individual Student report data

   Data to Review	Access via…
   Benchmark test results Foundational Skills measures Oral reading measures Universal Screener outcomes	Benchmark Matrix Report or Screener Outcomes Report
   Dyslexia Screener results Foundational Skills measures Dyslexia Screener outcomes
   Progress Monitoring results	Progress Monitoring Dashboard
   Research test results	Benchmark Matrix Report or the Assignments page after a Research test is completed Note: Research test results are only accessible directly in students’ Individual Student reports and will not populate in any other report.

   (Results from Research tests are only accessible directly in students’ Individual Student reports and will not populate in any of the matrix reports.)

2. Adjust the role as needed.

3. Adjust the high-level filters as needed.

   Tip: Use the Term drop-down menu (or Test Date, if available) to see past test results.

4. Select a student’s name from the Students column in the report to open that student’s Individual Student report.

Performance levels: grade-level expectations

All reports use the following color indicators and associated letters to relate student performance to grade-level expectations:

■ Blue: Exceeds grade-level expectations

■ Green: Meets grade-level expectations

■ Yellow: Approaches grade-level expectations

■ Red: Below grade-level expectations

■ Gray: NS No score

■ Dark Gray: NE No grade-level expectations

No Score (NS)

No Score may appear on a student’s report when an insufficient amount of data has been collected to determine a score. This only applies to activities that include oral reading. To learn more, refer to No Score (NS) for Oral Reading.

No grade-level expectations (NE)

The No Expectation performance level may appear in reports for some pre-K, kindergarten, and first-grade students. This level, denoted as NE, will be used where there is no applicable grade-level expectation. For example, if a beginning kindergartener makes it to the Word Reading subtest (which is not expected of a kindergarten student), then gets 2 of 10 questions correct, NE will be reported.

Interpretive tables

To learn more about grade level expectations and zones of proximal development levels, refer to Interpretive Tables .

Results from Foundational Skills measures

Students who took Foundational Skills measures either in the Foundational Skills, Foundational Skills - Beginner, or Adaptive Oral Reading test subtypes will have results from the following content:

• Sentence reading fluency

• Picture vocabulary

• Listening comprehension

• Phonological awareness

• Phonics/word recognition

• Words correct per minute (WCPM) and decoding accuracy from the picture book warm-up when applicable

• Performance-levels for each measure (comparisons of results to grade-level expectations)

Student reports will also include:

• Summary of the student’s current foundational skills development (in the Profile and Next Steps section of the report)

• Zones of proximal development (ZPDs) in Phonological Awareness and Phonics & Word Recognition skills progressions (refer to Interpretive Tables to learn how these are determined)

• Instructional recommendations: links to resources for small group and individual student activities based on the student’s ZPDs (English resources come from the Florida Center for Reading Research; Spanish resources come from the University of Texas System.)

• Results from Universal Screening flag, if applicable

Note: Students who take the Dyslexia Screener test will receive results from these measures as well, with the Dyslexia Screener flag instead of the Universal Screener Flag and Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) measure data. We recommend reviewing these results in the Screener Outcomes Report.

 

Results from Oral Reading measures

Students who took oral reading measures either in the Adaptive Oral Reading Benchmark test subtype or the Adaptive Oral Reading - Passages Only test subtype will receive results from the following:

• Oral reading rate as WCPM; scaled for English and Spanish tests

• Oral reading level (reported as a Lexile oral reading measure; English tests only)

• Accuracy (percent of words read correctly)

• Comprehension questions for each oral reading passage

• WCPM and decoding accuracy from the picture book warm-up

• Sentence reading fluency

• Performance levels for each measure (compares oral reading results to grade-level expectations)

Student reports will also include the following information and features:

• Summary of students’ strengths and areas for instructional focus (in the Profile and Next Steps section of the report)

• Instructional recommendations: links to resources for small group and individual student activities based on the student’s profile

• Link to review audio files, with an option to hand-score if desired/applicable

• Results from universal screening flag, if applicable

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Interpreting Oral Reading results

To understand your students’ oral reading results, check out these answers to some key questions:

• How are oral reading rates scaled based on passage difficulty?

• How are oral reading errors scored?

• Why do some students have NS on their reports? What is a No Score (NS) for Oral Reading?

• What if I want to try Hand-scoring Oral Reading?

Oral Reading rate scaled scoring: WCPM vs WCPM (Scaled)

The NWEA scaled WCPM score is an equated score that adjusts the raw WCPM score for differences in passage difficulty. The scaled WCPM reflects changes in student ability more accurately than the raw WCPM does.

To understand what an equated score is, it can be helpful to think of the concept behind currency exchange rates. Every currency can be expressed in terms of another currency, such as the US dollar. Similarly, scores on one reading passage can be expressed in terms of scores on another. Such equated scores provide a better indication of students’ reading fluency.

In MAP Reading Fluency, students read multiple passages within a session. Because the test adapts passage complexity to meet students’ demonstrated fluency levels, it is difficult to determine whether changes in student scores are due to changes in student progress or due to changes in passage complexity. Test equating allows us to compare scores across tests.

NWEA used the equipercentile equating and linear equating methods to place reading fluency scores onto the same scale as that of a reference passage.

Use the scaled WCPM scores as you would use any WCPM score, knowing they also consider the complexity of the text read by students. For additional details on the scaled scoring, refer to the MAP Reading Fluency Technical Report.

Notes:

• Scaled WCPM scores are reported on English and Spanish tests, however, scaled WCPM scores should only be compared within the same language.

• The maximum reportable scaled WCPM score is 170 and the minimum is 0 for both English and Spanish tests.

Scoring of Oral Reading errors

MAP Reading Fluency recognizes any self-corrections a student makes as long as the mistake is corrected in a timely fashion, in close proximity to the mistake. In other words, if a student decodes incorrectly and doesn’t “catch” the mistake until the following sentence in the passage, then the self-correction is not noted, and the mistake is counted against the student in terms of Accuracy Rate and WCPM. The Error Type and Scoring Designation table summarizes how specific error types are scored for both machine-scored and hand-scored tests.

Error type and scoring designation

Error Type	How Scored
Omissions (leaving out a word)	Incorrect
Substitutions (substituting one word for another)	Incorrect
Self-corrections	Correct if in close proximity to the error
Insertions (adding extra words)	Not counted as incorrect but affect scores by increasing time

No Score (NS) for Oral Reading

No Score (NS) appears when the recorded audio for a test cannot be scored by the speech-scoring engine.

Occasionally the scoring algorithm in MAP Reading Fluency results in an “NS” designation when it is not warranted or fails to reject a recording which a human would call unscorable (i.e., false positive and false negative scenarios).

The best way to correct for these edge cases is as follows. If the recording is comprehensible but was assigned a “NS” by the system, use the hand-scoring features to determine the word-level errors. The hand-score results will then populate in reporting. If a recording is not comprehensible, select “omit passage” to exclude a poor recording from overall reports.

We appreciate partners reporting cases that seem erroneous to them, as this can accelerate routine improvements to the system.

Table 3 below summarizes the possible reasons for a NS and provides tips for how to obtain a valid score. To resolve an NS score, retest the student or hand-score the passage. See Hand-scoring Oral Reading.

Hand-scoring Oral Reading

Students’ oral reading scores may be modified by:

• Hand-scoring a student’s audio recording

• Omitting passages, thus hiding the associated score

1. Hand-scoring a student’s audio recording

   The hand-scoring feature lets you score a student’s audio recording by hand and overwrite the automatically generated WCPM or WCPM (scaled) score. Because they are not scored, picture books and field test passages cannot be hand-scored. To access hand scoring, select Review Audio from the student’s individual report to access the passage, along with the student’s audio recording and the hand score feature. To learn more about hand scoring, watch this video.

   Note: Recordings may take up to 24 hours to process and become available. Elements of the interface have been updated over time, so your screens may not exactly match the screens featured in this video.

   

   Scores are shown above the Keyboard Controls table on the right side of the page. The original score appears in the dark circle on the left. If it is the score that was automatically assigned after the student tested, System Score will appear above the circle. If the student has a previous hand score, Hand Score will appear above the circle. The score that will be assigned if the current hand-scoring session is saved appears in the light gray circle on the right.

   Press the Play button or the space bar to start audio playback and begin hand scoring. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move through the words in the passage. Other keys let you score the passage:

   Keys and actions for hand-scoring

   Key	Action
   s	Indicates a word substitution (such as “gave” for “have”)
   o	Indicates an omission (student leaves a word out)
   u	Used on the last word a student reads to indicate unattempted/incomplete audio; the remainder of the text will be grayed out
   c	Erases an incorrect marking and marks the word as correctly read
   r	Rewinds the recording five seconds
   f	Advances the recording five seconds

   Save your hand score if you wish to keep it or select Clear Changes to discard the changes. If a previous hand score was saved, you can use Revert Score to discard it.

2. Omitting passages

   Selecting Omit Passage hides a student’s score from the student’s individual report. You may wish to do this, for example, if the audio quality of a recording is too poor to score. If you omit a passage by mistake, you can restore a suppressed score by selecting Restore Audio on the Test Details and Results line of the student's Individual Student report.

   

   Any record that has been hand-scored will be marked in the Test Details section of the student’s Individual Student report as well as in the Benchmark Matrix report. It may take several minutes for the results to appear.

   You can download the audio by clicking the download arrow on the playbar. The audio will download as a .wav file.

Results from Universal Screening

Students who have been flagged by the Universal Screener will have an orange flag at the beginning of their Individual Student reports.

What does the Universal Screener outcome flag mean?

Student performance suggests possible risk of reading difficulty. Monitoring and/or intervention may be appropriate to improve this student’s reading outcomes. A flag on this screener does not indicate a diagnosis of reading disability.

How is a Universal Screener outcome determined?

The Universal Screener outcome is determined differently depending on whether students took foundational skills measures or oral reading measures.

Universal Screener for Foundational Skills

The Universal Screener outcome for students who were assessed on foundational skills is based on a predictive model. The predictive model takes into account key measures in:

• Phonological awareness

• Phonics and word recognition

• Language comprehension

• Sentence reading fluency

Universal Screener for oral reading

The Universal Screener outcome for students who were assessed on oral reading is determined by a norms-based model. This model flags students whose scaled WCPM scores are below grade-level expectations.

Which students receive a Universal Screener outcome?

Not all students will receive a Universal Screener outcome—receiving a result depends on the test and language they were assigned, skills assessed, and their grade at the time of testing. Use Test assignments and conditions for receiving a Universal Screener Outcome Test Assignments and Conditions for Receiving a Universal Screener Outcome to determine which of your students will receive a Universal Screener outcome.

Recommended next steps for flagged students

Consider the following ways to increase both the intensity and individualization of instruction:

• Emphasize evidence-based practices, both in regular classroom instruction and in interventions aligned to this student’s particular needs.

• Increase opportunities to respond and get feedback, including by using smaller group instruction or providing more time on literacy activities.

• Adjust instruction based on ongoing data. Check the student’s particular skills and monitor the student’s growth.

Results from the Dyslexia Screener

The Individual Student reports for students who took the Dyslexia Screener will include a Dyslexia Screener outcome, Results from Foundational Skills measures, and Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) results.

Dyslexia Screener outcome flag

Students who have been flagged by the Dyslexia Screener will have a purple flag at the beginning of their Individual Student reports.

What does the Dyslexia Screener outcome flag mean?

Student performance suggests possible risk factors for dyslexia or other reading difficulties. A flag does not indicate a diagnosis of dyslexia or reading disability.

How is a Dyslexia Screener outcome determined?

Students are flagged for risk factors for dyslexia or other reading difficulties using a psychometrically backed predictive model.

The predictive model used for flagging students considers multiple measures, including phonological awareness, phonics and word recognition, and language comprehension and sentence reading fluency domains. The model also takes into account a student’s grade and the time of year that the student is being assessed. By weighing those measures and factors, the predictive model is able to flag possible risk factors.

Recommended next steps

Educators should address possible reading difficulties with any student whose performance was flagged, in accordance with any state/local policies and protocols. Consider also:

• Increasing focus on clear and planful instruction in phonological awareness, sound symbol correspondences, and phonics

• Administering further assessment, including examining skills and monitoring growth

• Increasing communication with families about this student’s reading needs

Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) results

Students’ RAN results include:

• Pictures correct per second

• Duration

• Overall score (summary of results from two series of RAN items)

• Link to review audio

Results from Progress Monitoring

Students who completed one or more Progress Monitoring tests will have data in the Progress Monitoring tab of their Individual Student report. Learn more about how to access and interpret the Progress Monitoring data using these annotated graphics and corresponding numbered steps.

For all tests

Access Progress Monitoring data with one of the following methods:

1. Select the Progress Monitoring tab of the Individual Student report.

   

2. Select the student's name from the Progress Monitoring Dashboard.

   

Continue reading to learn how to access results from Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Word Recognition, and/or Oral Reading.

For Phonological Awareness and/or Phonics & Word Recognition only:

1. Select tab to review Phonological Awareness or Phonics & Word Recognition test results.

2. Review changes in the domain scores over time visualized as a graph.

3. Review the domain scores for each Progress Monitoring administration date.

4. Review the domain scores for Benchmark tests.

For Oral Reading only:

1. Select tab to review Oral Reading test results.

2. Review WCPM (Scaled) data over time visualized as a graph.

3. Select the Status Percentiles slider to see how the WCPM (Scaled) compares to grade-level expectation.

4. Review the Lexile Text Measure for the passage read (for details, see Using Lexile Measurements), along with student results for WCPM (scaled), accuracy, and comprehension.

5. Review audio files and hand-score as needed.

Results from Research tests

Research tests are optional tests that collect data to improve MAP Reading Fluency. They are intended for MAP Reading Fluency partners who are participating in an NWEA research program. For more information, explore MAP Reading Fluency field research programs for 2023/24 or contact your Account Manager.

Research test results are not shown on the Benchmark Matrix but do appear on the Individual Student report as raw scores; you can also access these results from the Assignments page after a research test is completed. Research tests are not adaptive and won’t affect students’ performance level outcomes.