MAP Updates

LEA Guide to the 

Missouri Assessment Program 

2014-2015

• The implementation timeline, tools and accommodations, and other system components for this year's MAP are described in the 2014-2015 LEA Guide to the Missouri Assessment Program. 
• The LEA Guide to the Missouri Assessment Program 2014-15 may be found at http://dese.mo.gov/college-career-readiness/assessment/lea-guide-missouri-assessment-program-2014-2015
• Missouri remains a part of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.
• This year's MAP will not be computer adaptive.  It will be a fixed form assessment that aligns with the Missouri Learning Standards.
• Fixed forms will be used for one year, and Missouri will complete implementation of computer adaptive testing in the 2015-16 school year. 
• Test items will be Smarter Balanced items and will be designed according to the Smarter Balanced test blueprint.

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