Dibels
What is an assessment to measure the acquisition of early literacy skills.
F & P level definition
What is a student's guided reading level.
Define MAP
What is -MAP, or the Measure of Academic Progress, is a computerized adaptive test which helps teachers, parents, and administrators improve learning for all students and make informed decisions to promote a child's academic growth.
Levels 5 & 4
What is 5 exceeds expectations and 4 meets expecatations.
94%
What is the required attendance percentage.
Core
What is the benchmark for the specific assessment. In the At Benchmark range, the overall likelihood of achieving subsequent early literacy or reading goals is 70% to 85%
A, B, C, D
What are the beginning and ending reading levels for kindergarten students.
MAP Growth data
What is -
MAP Growth reveals how much growth has occurred between testing events and, when combined with our norms, shows projected proficiency. Educators can track growth through the school year and over multiple years.
Level 3
What is approaches expectations.
School to Community Coordinator
What is the new name for the FEL. Some schools have opted to keep their SCC.
Intensive
What is the overall likelihood of achieving subsequent early literacy/reading goals is low, approximately 10% to 20%. These students need intensive support.
E-J
What are the beginning and ending reading levels for first grade students.
MAP Achievement norms
What is a way to show a student’s percentile ranking in a national student population. These norms provide a reference point for educators to review data, and they help educators gain an understanding of each student’s current achievement level and the extent of their progress
Levels 2 and 1
What is level 2 partially meets expectations and level 1 does not meet expectations.
The standard for regular attendance.
What is-
Students are expected to maintain satisfactory attendance at the state standard of 94%. In order to foster continuity of the instructional program, students should not exceed an absence rate of 10% in a given quarter.
See Rule 5120
Strategic
What is strategic support is needed and should be monitored. Between the benchmark goal and cut point for risk is a range of scores where students’ future performance is more difficult to predict. For students with scores in this range, the overall likelihood of achieving subsequent early literacy/reading goals is approximately 40% to 60%.
J-M/N
What are the beginning and ending reading levels for second grade students.
Below the 50th percentile
What is students who are not achieving at grade level standards and who need extra support. Students below the 50th percentile must receiving guided reading regularly.
Grades that complete PARCC
What is grades 3 through 12.
ESSA
What is the Every Student Succeeds Act. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is a US law passed in December 2015 that governs the United States K–12 public education policy. The law replaced its predecessor, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and modified but did not eliminate provisions relating to the periodic standardized tests given to students.
NWF
What is Nonsense Word Fluency. Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) measure is a standardized, individually administered test of the alphabetic principle including letter-sound correspondence in which letters represent their most common sounds and of the ability to blend letters into words in which letters represent their most common sounds (Kaminski & Good, 1996)
Jan Richardson
Who is the author of "The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading."
Testing window
What is the time BCPS administers the MAP assessment. Students in grades K-2 take the test in fall, winter, and spring. Students in grades 3 and up take the test in fall and winter.
The purpose of PARCC
What is-
PARCC helps teachers and parents determine if younger students are acquiring skills and knowledge needed to advance to the next grade level, while older students can see if they are on track to graduate, ready for college and careers.
Title I
What is
Title I, Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended (ESEA) provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards.