GPS - Guiding Professionals in Schools

Join us as we use Measures of Academic Progress to Improve Instruction for all Students!

• 2011 Normative Data - For Reference

• California ELAR (Electronic Learning Assessment Resources) Description of MAP -- Excellent Summary (2008)

Resources for Professional Development:

• Data Quality Campaign: Using Data to Improve Student Achievement

  • Tapping into the Power of Longitudinal Data: The Need for Growth Models
  • Information Won’t Be Used If No One Can See It: Raising the Visibility of Critical Issues with Longitudinal Data

WKCE and MAP:

• The Proficiency Illusion , October 2007, Wisconsin pp 206-212

• "Conjuring Cut Scores: How it Distorts Our Picture of Student Achievement," American Educator (AFT) Includes a comparison of MAP items with items from a sampling of state test items in the "proficient" range.

• Wisconsin Alignment Study - projecting WKCE performance based on MAP scores Spring or Fall.

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