Excelling Teaching & Learning : S.I.M. & A.R. : Test Results : What is MAP

Measure of Academic Progress

Purpose

The Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) is designed to capture the effects of schooling on student academic performance by measuring growth over time. A measure of the progress made in that year is obtained through linking individual student test scores from the previous year to the current test year. This progress can be, in part, attributed to the school the student attended if the student remained in the same school for the academic year.

Using MAP Data

To achieve this growth measure, individual student test scores on the Stanford 9 are compared from one year to the next, and growth on the test is calculated. For the purposes of this measure, One Year's Growth (OYG) is defined as attaining the same stanine score or a higher stanine score than the previous year. Each report indicates the percent of students in each grade who achieved OYG in both reading and math. A school wide percentage is also calculated. MAP scores are calculated for students in grades 2-8.

The stanine concept is a way of grouping percentile ranks, thus reducing the number of percentile ranks from ninety-nine to a total of nine stanines. Stanines indicate an individual's relative standing compared to the 1995 standardization group.
Click here for a view of the relationship between percentile, stanine and NCE.

MAP Results

MAP results show that most schools in the Scottsdale School District were at or above the state average in the percent of students achieving OYG in both reading and math.

MAP Results for Scottsdale Unified School District

MAP Results for the State of Arizona