MAP Skills Project Overview

Area of Needs Action Plan Evaluation Reflection

Concern Assessment
-Some students -Comparison of Use MAP data The results from This project gave
are struggling to BOY to MOY MAP and MAP Skills to this project have me the
make growth as growth reports. improve student been both positive opportunity to
shown on the MAP -Summary with growth and and negative. learn and
assessments from Quadrant Report performance. -Math: The implement a new
September to -Class Breakdown -Receive training results in math program, lead a
January. by Projected in MAP Skills showed that 76% small group of
-Urgency to move Proficiency Report program. of students made teachers, and
students from the -Train 3rd grade some growth, 3% practice analyzing
projected target of team in use of had no change, data. I know that
“Did Not Meet” to MAP Skills and 21% had all of these skills
“Approaches” or -Facilitate process negative growth. will be important
“Approaches” to of choosing 6 While 76% is a as an instructional
Meets” categories students from good percentage, I leader.
for STAAR. each class to am concerned with
retest in March. the 21% who had I had hoped the
-Facilitate process negative growth. results would have
of goal setting -Reading: The been better, but I
using the Student results in reading believe there are
Goal Setting showed that 54% several factors
Worksheet in of student made that affected the
MAP. some growth, and outcomes.
-Meet as needed to 46% had negative 1. I think it is
discuss any issues growth. While a possible that the
or questions. larger percentage higher growth rate
-Create of students made in math could be
spreadsheet for growth than not, attributed
teachers to input many of the somewhat to the
current RIT students on the new skills being
scores, goals, and negative side had taught during this
March RIT scores. very large drops. time. New skills
-Gather data and This is, of course, are not introduced
analyze results. quite concerning as frequently in
as we head into reading.
STAAR. 2. This is our first
-Goal setting did year using MAP
not turn out as fully, and we are
hoped. Fewer not really sure
than half of the what amount of
students in both growth is
subjects met their reasonable in a
goal, with 33% in month’s time.
reading and 45% Therefore, it is
in math. likely that the
-It was expected goals set were
that most students unreasonable in
would make no some cases.
change in the 3. It was decided
Projected that the students
Proficiency, as would be tested in
most of the the classroom
students were too during their
low in their regular class time.
current level. In This means that
math, 79% made they were not in a
no change, 10% testing
increased their environment as
level, and 10% they were in the
decreased their fall and winter
level. In reading, sessions. This
66% made no also could have
change 21% impacted the
increased their outcomes.
level, and 13% 4. I think it is
decreased their possible that some
level. of the students,
-While the results especially for
were not always a reading, may have
success, suffered from
implementing the being over-tested.
program was. Prior to taking the
Each of the team March test,
members students have
embraced the taken several
project fully. So campus and
often a new district
program is assessments, two
introduced and MAP assessments,
teachers are not and the STAAR
provided with the Release.
training to use it.
That was not the As we continue to
case here. I use MAP Skills in
received three our classrooms
district trainings. this year, I will be
The 3rd grade interested to see
team received two what kind of
district trainings, growth we see in
in addition to my the spring
trainings. After assessment in
implementing this May.
program and
using it on a daily
basis, all of the 3rd
grade teachers feel
confident with it.