MAP Resources

Student Test Retakes

There are a number of reasons why it may be appropriate for a student to retake a MAP test.  Some of these reasons include:

• Student did not try his or her personal best
• Student became ill during testing
• Student because distracted during testing
• Unusual test conditions or environmental distractions
• Test was not administered properly for a student on an IEP
• Student showed a negative growth of eleven points or more

A student may take a test more than once during a testing window.*  When a student retakes a test, the system will determine which test is valid using the following criterium:

• The test with the lowest standard error of measure (SE) will be the valid test event, regardless of the student RIT score.

Please note that when a student is retested, the higher RIT score is only valid if it also has the lower standard error of measure.  Also note that the valid test is is selected automatically by the system any time that a student is retested.

**Retest Warning - Over testing produces less valid test scores!**

The MAP assessments are designed so that when a student has a test item during a test event, that item is flagged and will not appear again for that student for a three year time frame.  Overtesting a student (testing more than twice in a testing period, or testing twice over the course of multiple testing periods) can deplete the items available to that student in the test bank.  This practice makes it progressively more difficult to get a valid score for that student.

While teachers have the ability to retest at any time, retesting should be done with caution.