The spring Maine Through Year Assessment is one assessment with two purposes. It will consist of both a summative portion and a diagnostic portion, and it will produce two scores: a student performance score according to state expectations and a RIT score. Per federal peer review requirements, the summative portion of the assessment can adapt within one grade level above and below the assessed grade level. The diagnostic portion of the assessment will have the full adaptability of MAP Growth, spanning across a wide range of grade levels. The summative portion alone will determine the student performance score that is needed for federal accountability purposes. The entire assessment, summative and diagnostic, will be used to determine the student’s RIT score in the spring. 

The Maine Through Year Assessment being developed by NWEA will continue to be computer-adaptive, driven by the same constraint-based engine which adjusts the difficulty of the next questions based on student’s prior performance. The diagnostic portion of the assessment has the same adaptivity as MAP Growth, across a wide range of grade levels. The summative portion of the assessment (in spring only) is adaptive within one grade level above and below the student’s actual grade; this specification is part of the federal peer review requirements for state assessments. In spring 2023, students in grade 10 will take an assessment in which the summative portion is fixed form (not adaptive) but the diagnostic portion maintains the same adaptability as the MAP Growth assessment. This will gradually be r

 For MAP Growth, results were available in the MARC platform within 24  hours.  Due to standard setting in the summer of 2023, student results from the spring 2023 assessment will be  delayed until July 2023. For all future assessment administrations, however, we expect SAUs to receive  results within 24 to 48 hours.

RIT Score Instructional Areas