A fun and effective way to prepare 1st graders for the NWEA MAP Growth standardized test. This resource makes it very easy to identify each student level and maximize growth and test scores. It’s designed to be used as a traditional practice test or as a fun board game to keep your students engaged.

This Resource Includes:

• A PDF with 40 unique math questions inspired by the NWEA MAP test

• Questions are categorized by difficulty level and final percentile for 1st graders (based on the latest published Spring Norms):

■ Intervention | < 21st Percentile | RIT < 166 ■ On Track | 21st-40th Percentile | RIT 166-172 ■ Proficient | 41st-75th Percentile | RIT 173-185 ■ Advanced | > 75th Percentile | RIT 186-207

• A complete answer key with detailed explanations for every problem. Also, each question is matched to the corresponding topic and Common Core Standards

Hopefully, this resource is going to be helpful to other teachers that need to prepare their students for standardized tests. I created it by going through all the practice tests my students took on Steletta.com, picking the most interesting questions, adapting them, categorizing them by level and difficulty, and finally creating an easy to use PDF.

I think this is going to be very useful for more traditional class settings that don't use personalized apps for test preparation. A couple of weeks before the test, you can just print this PDF and give it to your students. I designed it to be very fast to score the student answers and get a sense of their current level, so that you can quickly advise them on what to work on the week before the test.

You can also make it into a fun board game that recreates the concept behind adaptive tests. The design makes it easy to cut out the questions. You can create different piles based on RIT bands. Students start from the easiest pile and move to the next one after they correctly answer a certain number of questions from a given pile.