[Ohiogift] Identifying students from the NWEA MAP

[Jackie W. Eitel]

I have been looking at the MAPS data for our district and I use the middle
score for my analysis.

Jackie Eitel
Gifted Intervention Specialist
Coordinator of Gifted Services
Westfall Elementary School
9391 St. Rt. 56 W
Williamsport, Ohio 43164
jeitel at westfallschools.com
(740) 986-4008 ext. 6212 
(740) 986-4018 (fax)


"Colleen Boyle, PhD" <boyleconsulting at me.com> writes:
>Ohio law only utilizes standard error of measure for cognitive ability
>tests. So, for achievement tests like MAP, the middle score in bold must
>be 95 or higher for identification. 
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>Hope that helps!
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>Colleen Boyle
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>On Apr 24, 2014, at 9:54 AM, Jaclyn Rausch <[
>mailto:Jaclyn.Rausch at neomin.org ]Jaclyn.Rausch at neomin.org> wrote:
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>I am looking for some clarification on using the NWEA MAP to identify
>students as gifted in specific academic areas.  I see that on the class
>reports there is a column titled “Percentile (+/- Std Err)” and then
>three numbers for each student.  My question is should I identify those
>who have 95 or higher anywhere within the range?  For example, do I
>identify a student whose reported scores are 89-92-95?  I would
>appreciate any guidance on what other Ohio districts are doing.  
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>Thank you!
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>Jackie
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>Jaclyn Rausch
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>Supervisor of ELA, Gifted and Talented
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>Trumbull County Educational Service Center
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>6000 Youngstown-Warren Rd.
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>Niles, Ohio 44446
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>(330)505-2800, ext. 107
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Jackie Eitel
Gifted Intervention Specialist
Coordinator of Gifted Services
Westfall Elementary School
9391 St. Rt. 56 W
Williamsport, Ohio 43164
jeitel at westfallschools.com
(740) 986-4008 ext. 6212 
(740) 986-4018 (fax)

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