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School test scores explained for parents
MAP, i-Ready, DIBELS, Lexile, Star and state tests: what each one measures and what to ask, from each publisher's own pages.
- MAP Growth scores explained for parents (RIT and percentiles)What the MAP Growth test is, what a RIT score and an achievement percentile mean, how often it's given, and what to ask the teacher, from NWEA's own pages.
- i-Ready scores explained for parents (scale scores and placements)What the i-Ready test (now called i-Ready Inform) measures, what the scale score, percentile and placement levels mean, and what to ask the teacher.
- DIBELS scores explained for parentsWhat the one-minute DIBELS reading checks measure in each grade, what the colors and risk levels on the report mean, and what to ask the teacher.
- Lexile levels explained for parents (what 800L means)What a Lexile measure is, what the L and BR mean, how to use your child's Lexile range to choose books, and what a Lexile can't tell you.
- Star test scores explained for parents (Star Reading, Star Math)What Renaissance's Star Reading, Star Math and Star Early Literacy tests measure, what the scaled score, percentile rank and growth percentile mean, and what to ask.
- State test scores explained for parentsWhich grades take state tests and why, what achievement levels mean, how to read your child's score report, and where your state's results are published.
Practice at your child's level
Peabody, our site for children, has free stories and learning games written at each reading level and math grade, with no sign-up. Start where your child is comfortable, not where the calendar says.
- Start reading on Peabody Peabody asks your child's grade, starts the stories a little under it, and moves the level as books run easy or hard.
- Reading levels and math by grade Where each grade starts, and a page for every level and math path.
- The free library Stories sorted by level, to read on screen.
- Decodable readers Stories built from the sounds a beginning reader has been taught.