The Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments are a valuable tool to support your child's learning journey. They are computer-adaptive tests designed to measure student progress and growth. The MAP assessment tool is one form of assessment we use at ISHCMC to ensure our students are growing and achieving in key academic areas such as reading, mathematics, and language usage.
This assessment enables us to:
Personalize Learning: MAP assessments provide our teachers with detailed insights into each child’s strengths and areas for growth in reading, language use and mathematics. The information also allows teachers to tailor instruction to meet the unique needs of each student, ensuring that they are challenged and supported at the appropriate level.
Student Growth Tracking: MAP assessments are administered twice yearly (September / May), allowing us to monitor student progress over time. This enables us to identify trends and adjust instructional strategies as needed, ensuring that each child is progressing steadily towards their learning goals.
Data-Driven Decision Making: The data generated by MAP assessments inform our decision-making at all levels, from individual student instruction to school-wide curriculum planning. Using data to guide our practices, we can ensure that we provide your child with the most effective and impactful learning experiences.
Benchmarking: MAP assessments provide us with a standardised measure of student achievement. This allows us to compare your child's performance to international norms and identify areas where additional support or enrichment may be beneficial. The international norms we use to benchmark include all schools that have undertaken the MAP assessments in the United States of America, all International Schools, all Vietnam schools, and all schools that are part of the East Asia Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS).
Comparative Performance of ISHCMC Students
Ahead of our most recent MAP results, we'd like to share with you some of the exciting trends from our Spring 2024 results. The graphs below show how our ISHCMC student's Spring (May 2024) achievement compares with international benchmarks.
Key Trends:
Grade 8 and above all perform above the US Age Norm for Grade 11
Grades 9 and 10 perform above International, all EARCOS, and all Vietnam Schools that take the MAP assessment
Key Trends:
Grades 7, 8, 9 and 10 are all achieving above the US Norms for Grade 11
Grade 3 to Grade 8 students are achieving above International, all EARCOS and all Vietnam Schools that take the MAP assessment
Key Trends:
Grade 3 and 4 are performing at one grade level above their US Grade norm (e.g. Grade 3 are performing at Grade 4 level and Grade 4 at Grade 5 level)
Grade 5 are performing above Grade 7 US Norm
Grades 7, 8, 9 and 10 all perform above the Grade 11 US Norm
Grades 9 and 10 perform at or above all International, all EARCOS and all Vietnam Schools that take the MAP assessment
MAP Assessments Benefit Your Child
We are currently completing the first cycle of MAP assessments at ISHCMC. These assessments directly benefit your child through
Targeted Instruction: MAP assessments help us identify your child's specific learning needs, allowing us to provide them with targeted instruction and support.
Growth Mindset: MAP assessments focus on progress and growth, encouraging your child to embrace a growth mindset and see learning as a continuous journey.
Personalized Learning Goals: By tracking your child's progress over time, we can work together to set personalized learning goals and monitor their progress towards achieving them. We are confident that MAP assessments will be a valuable tool in helping us to unlock your child's full learning potential. We will soon release results for the most recent MAP testing. Our Secondary School and Primary School Vice Principals look forward to helping you better understand your child’s results at the upcoming parent workshop “Understanding your child’s MAP scores—Grade 3 to Grade 10” on Tuesday, 01 October 2024, at the Secondary School Campus MPR S318 from 8:30 to 9:00 a.m.
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