MAP Testing

Starting this week, students in Grades 3 through 10 have been taking their MAP Tests. What exactly are these tests and what does AISG do with the results? Let us explain.

MAP stands for The Measurement of Academic Progress and is a standardized assessment used by AISG in the fall and the spring.  The purpose of MAP is to understand how each child learns and provides important data to inform instruction; it is not applied towards any grades for the students or towards teacher evaluations.

The MAP Test is a computerized adaptive assessment program, meaning the level of questions adjusts to best assess students’ abilities, aligned with AISG’s curriculum and measures learning levels in Reading, Language Usage, and Mathematics. The results provide teachers with data to determine how to deliver appropriate content for each student and track each student’s academic growth over time.

Another benefit of MAP Test is how we can easily compare AISG’s performance in each of the three subjects with other international schools in the world, US schools and our specific region referred to as East Asian Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS). Historical results have shown that AISG students continuously perform well above these comparisons, most notably in Mathematics.

Lastly, students do not need to study or prepare for MAP Tests and teachers are not providing practice tests or teaching to the test. MAP Tests are just one of many valuable tools and assessments that teachers leverage to develop and refine programs that are tailored to meet the diverse needs of our students. The best way to prepare is to have a good night’s sleep and a healthy breakfast!

At AISG, we’ve worked to develop and refine programs that are tailored to meet the needs of our students and crafted to balance American curriculum with an international perspective. Click here to learn more.