5th+meeting+MAPS+Webinar

3:30-4:35 Maps Webinar
 * Determine students skills, not only what they have mastered, but what they need to learn
 * Help teachers plan instruction and where their students need to learn
 * measure student growth

Tell Students:
 * Test may start out easy, but the questions will become harder...every test will look different
 * Students will not be able to answer every question correctly...the test questions become harder

RIT
 * RIT Ready for Instruction Today
 * RIT score shows instructional level or ready level
 * RIT score tells you what you know and what you need to know
 * The MAP Experience....help students prepare to take tests...can get on from the bottom of their log on screen...helps students warm-up and get use to taking the test

How do get students prepared:
 * Talk in advance ti struggling learners to prepare them for test
 * Can not go back and answer a question...students should take their best educated guest
 * Take their time;there is no time limit
 * Use best test taking strategies

How can we prepare our students to be successful to take the MAPS TEST
 * Students should set goals for themselves after they review their data after the test...students should set their own goals that helps motivate them
 * Students have a place to write down their goals for the next test. Students can set a new RIT score for their goal.