Student MAP Scores
Student MAP testing results are reported in RIT scores (short for Rasch
Unit). A RIT score is an estimation of a student’s instructional level and
also measures student progress or growth in school.
You may have a
chart in your home on which you mark your child’s height at certain times,
such as on his or her birthday. This is a growth chart to show how much
he or she has grown from one year to the next. MAP assessments do the
same sort of thing, except they measure your student’s growth in mathematics, reading, and language usage. The RIT scale is an equal-interval
scale much like feet and inches on a yardstick. It is used to chart your
child’s academic growth from year to year. This type of score increases
the value of the tests as a tool to improve student learning because it
enables teachers to pinpoint what students have learned and what students are ready to learn.
Understanding the RIT Score
The charts on the inside of this brochure show national median RIT
scores for grades K-11
1-9 in a typical school district. You may use these
Measures of Academic Progress®
charts to help determine if your student is performing at, above, or below
grade level compared to students across the nation.
It is important to understand that the MAP test is one test at one point in
time. It does not measure intelligence or a student’s capacity for learning. When making important decisions about students, school staff will
consider the MAP test results along with other data such as classroom
What is MAP?
performance, other test scores, and input from parents and teachers.
Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) is a state-aligned comput-
Growth Over Time
erized adaptive assessment program that provides Aiken County
We expect RIT scores to increase over time. Typically, younger students
educators with the information they need to improve teaching and
show more growth in one year than older students. Students who test
learning and make student-focused, data-driven decisions.
above grade level often show less growth. Sometimes RIT scores may
Students in grades one through nine are tested three times per year
decline from one test to the next. One low test score is not cause for
in math, reading, and language usage. Educators use the growth
immediate concern. Like adults, students have good and bad days and
and achievement data from MAP to develop targeted instructional
their test results do not always indicate what they know. Students’ attitudes toward the test can also affect their score. Therefore, growth over
time is a better measure of student learning.
Parents and guardians should become comfortable with the understanding that individuals will grow at different rates. Anticipated growth rates
for each student are based on national norms and should be viewed as
“typical” growth, not expected growth.
Teachers and principals have
participated in training to learn what the MAP test results mean and how
to best utilize the results.
Our goal is for teachers to use the data to
differentiate and adjust instruction so that all students grow at levels
appropriate for each individual.
strategies and to plan school improvement.
MAP:

Is not an accountability test
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Generates test questions based on student responses

Reports student results in RIT scores (see back page)

Gives immediate results

Is aligned to
curriculum
standards standards.
toSC
WA
state curriculum

Measures growth over time

Provides information used to target individual instruction
If you have immediate questions, please contact your student’s classroom teacher (elementary) or math or English teacher (middle and high
school) or your building principal.
Aiken County Public Schools
1000 Brookhaven Drive
Aiken, South Carolina 29803
803-641-2428
www.aiken.k12.sc.us
www.aiken.k12.sc.us
Growth Guideline Chart
When are tests given?
The charts
chart below shows
1st-9th
show the NATIONAL grade level scores for K-11th
Three (3) times per year
December/January
March
(Winter)
(Spring)
(Fall)
you can check to see if his/her growth is above, at, or below average,
On the computer under adult supervision in the school setting
Adjusts to a student’s skill level so that each student takes an
individualized test
What tests are given?
Grade
K- 1st
2nd—9th
11th
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Grade

that is typical for each grade level. When you review your child’s scores,
compared to students in the same grade.
How are tests given?

graders who tested in Fall and Spring. This shows the yearly growth
Reading
Math
Language





Reading
Fall
Spring
160
173
179
190
192
200
201
207
208
212
216
213
217
219
223
220
224
222
Year's
Growth
13
11
8
6
4
3
2
3
2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Grade
September/October
Fall
164
179
192
203
212
219
225
230
233
Math
Spring
178
191
203
211
220
225
230
234
236
Year's
Growth
14
12
11
8
8
6
5
4
3
Is my child on grade level?
Fall MAP Reading RIT Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
161+
180+
193+
202+
209+
214+
218+
221+
223+
160
179
192
201
208
213
217
220
222
147-159
161-178
180-191
193-200
202-207
209-212
214-216
218-219
221
1-Grade
Below
146147-160
161-179
180-192
193-201
202-208
209-213
214-217
218-220
2-Grades
Below
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Grade
Grade
Above
At Grade
Below
Grade Level Level Grade Level
Fall MAP Math RIT Score
Winter MAP Reading RIT Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
168+
187+
198+
206+
212+
216+
220+
223+
224+
167
186
197
205
211
215
219
222
223
152-166
168-185
187-196
198-204
206-210
212-214
216-218
220-221
1-Grade
Below
2-Grades
Below
151152-167
168-186
187-197
198-205
206-211
212-215
216-219
220-222
151167186197205211215219-
174-187
191-209
201-218
208-225
213-230
217-234
220-237
224-240
225-242
173
190
200
207
212
216
219
223
224
156-172
174-189
191-199
201-206
208-211
213-215
217-218
220-222
164
179
192
203
212
219
225
230
233
148149-164
165-179
180-192
193-203
204-212
213-219
220-225
226-230
148164179192203212219225-
1-Grade
Below
2-Grades
Below
152153-171
172-186
187-199
200-208
209-216
217-222
223-228
229-232
152171186199208216222228-
1-Grade
Below
2-Grades
Below
158159-178
179-191
192-203
204-211
212-220
221-225
226-230
231-234
158178191203211220225230-
165+
180+
193+
204+
213+
220+
226+
231+
234+
149-163
165-178
180-191
193-202
204-211
213-218
220-224
226-229
231-232
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
172+
187+
200+
209+
217+
223+
229+
233+
235+
171
186
199
208
216
222
228
232
234
153-170
172-185
187-198
200-207
209-215
217-221
223-227
229-231
233
Spring MAP Math RIT Score
1-Grade
Below
155156-173
174-190
191-200
201-207
208-212
213-216
217-219
220-223
2-Grades
Below
155173190200207212216219-
Above Grade At Grade
Below
Level
Level Grade Level
Grade
Grade
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
2-Grades
Below
Above Grade At Grade
Below
Level
Level Grade Level
Spring MAP Reading RIT Score
Above
At Grade
Below
Grade Level Level Grade Level
1-Grade
Below
Winter MAP Math RIT Score
Grade
Grade
Above
At Grade
Below
Grade Level Level Grade Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Above
At Grade
Below
Grade Level
Level Grade Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
179+
192+
204+
212+
221+
226+
231+
235+
237+
178
191
203
211
220
225
230
234
236
159-177
179-190
192-202
204-210
212-219
221-224
226-229
231-233
235