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Petersburg rolls out MAP baseline for grades 2–8; winter administration complete, parent reports and teacher training planned
Summary
Director of accountability Dr. Decadre Jackson presented fall MAP baseline results for grades 2–8 and outlined next steps: winter growth analysis, parent-report distribution during February conferences, teacher professional development and consideration of expanding MAP to higher grades in future years.
Petersburg City Public Schools presented baseline Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) data for reading and math in grades 2–8 at its Feb. 5 board meeting. Dr. Decadre Jackson, director of accountability, said the fall administration establishes the district’s baseline and that the winter testing window had just closed.
“This is benchmark data from the fall,” Jackson said, noting that MAP is a nationally used, computer-adaptive assessment that can be administered multiple times per year to measure both achievement and growth. Jackson explained that Petersburg received a waiver to use MAP as a predictive measure tied to the state’s growth…
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