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MEASURING GROWTH TOWARD COLLEGE READINESS:

Using MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) Scores to Predict Success on the ACT Test Benchmark Scores
ROBERT A. THEAKER, Northwest Evaluation Association, Portland, Oregon
CLAY S. JOHNSON, University of Arkansas
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THIS STUDY EXPANDS THE AUTHORS CONTINUING LINE OF RESEARCH TOWARD ACCURATELY ESTIMATING COLLEGE

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READINESS BENCHMARKS THROUGH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE GRADES IN MATHEMATICS AND READING. Benchmark scores
established by ACT (22 in mathematics and 21 in reading) were used as score criteria. The MAP assessments were used in order to connect third

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through 11th grade student growth with college readiness. A large, multistate sample allowed for the extension of the authors previous analyses.
The use of 11th grade MAP and ACT score correlations to backward map benchmark scores resulted in predictive accuracy beginning in grade 3.

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This study provides the current findings of a work in progress, whose final goal is a model for predicting college readiness.
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Grade & Testing Season

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ACT 16 ACT 24 ACT 29 ACT 32


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Grade
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Grade
Grade
Grade
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4
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5
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6
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8
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9
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Fall- - - - - - - - - - - - 179
Spring- - - - - - - - - 189
Fall- - - - - - - - - - - - 190
Spring- - - - - - - - - 197
Fall- - - - - - - - - - - - 196
Spring- - - - - - - - - 204
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Spring- - - - - - - - - 215
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205 216 221


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214 225 231
221 231 236
220 231 236
226 235 240
226 236 241
230 239 244
229 239 244
232 241 246
232 241 246
235 244 249
234 244 249
237 246 251
237 246 251
239 248 253
242 252 257
243 254 260
READING

179 207
188 220
189 217
197 227
197 228
207 240
205 239
214 246
211 242
217 248
216 247
221 253
220 250
223 255
224 253
225 258
228 258
229 262

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234
228
240
241
253
252
258
254
260
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265
262
268
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MATHEMATICS

---------------------------------------------Reading ACT = 21 MAP Predictive Score = 237


Mathematics ACT = 22 MAP Predictive Score = 258
NOTE: Values were calculated by ACT from empirical data to identid the scores of students
with a 50% likelihood of achieving a B average in a freshman-level course (ACT, 2009)

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Grade 3 Spring

Spring Grade 11 ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores

Grade 3 Fall

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