NWEA MAP Test Scores

On this page you will Learn everything you need to know about the NWEA MAP test scores:

- Understanding the score breakdown to see your child's progress up close

- RIT Norms for all grades

- General tips on how to ensure your child's success in the test

- How to interpret MAP scores?

- What are MAP scores used for?

Keep reading to learn about all these topics and more below.

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NWEA MAP Scoring

The MAP Growth Test has, over the years, become increasingly popular among schools in the United States. MAP’s unique quality lies in its measuring of students' personal academic progress. MAP testing scores chart a student’s academic growth in a manner that is easy for both parents and teachers to understand. Preparing for the test can give your child the opportunity to not only reach his or her potential, but to maximize it.

How Are NWEA RIT Scores Calculated?

To calculate MAP assessment scores, NWEA uses the RIT, or Rasch unIT scale. This scale measures the value of a student’s score in relation to his or her scores on previous tests. Each RIT score indicates a point on a continuous scale of learning. These NWEA scores are not to be interpreted as target scores, but rather as benchmarks of a student’s academic skill level over a given period of time. Questions on the MAP receive their RIT values after being tested on thousands of students across the United States. Responses to items throughout a student’s test are used to produce the final RIT score for that student.

The numerical (RIT) value given to a student predicts that at that specific difficulty level, a student is likely to answer about 50% of the questions correctly. Results are scored across an even interval scale, meaning that the difference between scores remains consistent regardless of whether a student scores high or low. It also means that grade level is not a factor. Since the MAP test is taken on a computer, once the child finishes the test, scores are immediately available.

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MAP Testing Score RIT Charts for Math, Language Usage & Reading

NWEA MAP RIT Percentiles (Fall 2020 Norms)

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These NWEA reports show the MAP scores percentiles distribution in fall 2020 based on grade level. In order to understand how well a student performed on the test, his or her RIT score is compared to all of the other results from students in the same age group (the same grade). This measurement is called a percentile, and it tells you what percentage of your child’s peers he or she outperformed on the test.

For example, according to the first row of the chart for 5 th grade (you can change the grade with the arrows on the left), in order to score better than 95% of your peers, you would need to receive a 234 in mathematics, a 228 in language usage, and a 231 in reading. An alternative example can be a 5 th -grade student who scored 233 in mathematics – a little bit below the 95 th percentile, 212 in language usage – a little bit above the 69 th percentile, and 190 in reading – a bit above the 16 th percentile.

Use the NWEA percentile benchmarks below to better understand your child’s latest test score, compared with others.

Note:
There are no NWEA MAP Language Usage tests in kindergarten and 1st grade. In addition, there are no available norms for the Language Usage section for 12th grade because an insufficient number of students in this grade took this section.
All MAP test percentiles are from the NWEA website.

Need to get your child ready for the next test date? On the following pages you will find everything you need to properly prepare. Not sure which level you should choose? Email Ariav, TestPrep-Online's MAP expert, at ask_ariav@testprep-online.com. Please mention your child's recent RIT scores (if applicable) and his or her current grade, and he will let you know which pack is the best fit.

We also recommend watching this short video which shortly explains the basics of the NWEA MAP Growth Test: