How MAP Assessments Are Used

MAP assessments are used to measures your student's progress or growth in school.  You may have a chart in your home on which you mark your child's height at certain times, such as on his or her birthday.  This is a growth chart.  It shows how much he or she has grown from one year to the next.  MAP assessments do the same sort of thing, except they measure your child's growth in math, reading and language useage.  The scale used to measure your child's progress is called the RIT scale.  The RIT scale is an equal-interval scale much like feet and inches on a yardstick.  It is used to chart your child's academic growth from year to year.