Here are explanatory notes for the NWEA Student Assessment Profiles to be shared with parents during conference week. The sample profile is numbered to correspond to the explanatory notes below: 

1. Testing and Growth History: This shows student scores over time.
2. Performance levels have now been changed to STAR levels NWEA used 4 levels—Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, and Advanced. STAR uses 5 levels. Scores may be lower than previously shown.
3. Growth: This section compares student’s RIT growth in Reading, Language and Math. It shows the Benchmark score (what was expected of a student at this level) and what the actual RIT growth was. It also indicates if this growth was high, average or low for a student at this RIT level. (Growth benchmarks are based on national norms.)

4. This example shows a RIT score gain of 11 points. This is “high” growth performance when we look at the average benchmark growth based on national NWEA norms.
5. This section shows pictorially the student’s growth vs. the benchmark.
6. The rest of the profile is self-explanatory and has not been changed.