How does a school admin complete the NWEA mapping process?

Updated by Mackenzie Maddox

Step 1: Establish Progress Learning as an NWEA MAP Partner

First, have your District NWEA administrator add Progress Learning as a shared data partner in the MAP Administration and Reporting Center. The article linked below provides step-by-step instructions for completing this process. Once that is complete, a school administrator must follow the steps below to map each student's RIT score in Progress Learning.

Step 2: Complete the NWEA Mapping Process

Once Progress Learning has been added as a shared data partner in NWEA, a school administrator can complete the mapping process in Progress Learning. Use the video and steps below to map each student’s data.

We strongly recommend leaving Liftoff disabled for students until Progress Learning is added as a shared data partner through NWEA. (This will prevent students from taking the Liftoff Diagnostics before NWEA scores are synced in Progress Learning. This is our recommendation because the NWEA MAP RIT score will eliminate the need to take the Liftoff Diagnostics.)
Note: Progress Learning only supports NWEA Diagnostic Scores from the current school year.
  1. Log in to your Progress Learning School Administrator account.
  2. Navigate to the Liftoff Management page located in the School Settings.
    School Settings, Liftoff Management
  3. Enable Liftoff for all students: To enable Liftoff for a single student, move the toggle in the right column. To enable Liftoff for multiple students at the same time, select the checkboxes next to each of their names, then click on the Apply to Selection button. You can also select to enable Liftoff for all students, then click on the Apply to Selection button.
  4. Now, all students have Liftoff enabled and are ready to be mapped and synced with their NWEA MAP scores.
NOTE: Only School Admins have access to this feature and can sync NWEA scores for a school.
  1. From the navigation menu on the left side of the screen, select School Settings and then select NWEA Mapping

  1. On the next screen, click View, and a list of students who have been previously mapped will appear below. Then click on Start Mapping.
Note: Students may not map for various reasons; for example, they have multiple first or last names listed, hyphenated names, there are multiple students, etc. with the same name and the system didn’t know which student to put the data with, etc.

An administrator must help with any unmapped students. Progress Learning does not have access to student information to know where to match results and students.
  1. If students are in the Unmapped Student box located at the bottom of the page:
    1. Step 1: Click Map next to the student name and a search box will pop up.
    2. Step 2: Clear either the first or last name and click Search.
    3. Step 3: Then, click the Map"button next to the correct student to link the MAP data.
    4. Step 4: The student should now be moved into the Mapped Students box
  2. To sync all students;
    Note: Student RIT scores of completed assessments will be available to sync 24 hours after testing.
    1. Select Sync All Pages
    2. If you want to sync specific students, check the boxes next to the names of the students to be re-synced, or check the top box to re-sync all of the students visible on the page.

  1. Select View Sync Status to see the updated results and ensure the Term column has updated the latest scores synced from NWEA.
The "Term" column shows the last time NWEA scores were mapped. You can click "Show Results" to see the individual student's scores. If you see that the Test Valid column says false for a result, this means the scores are from a previous school year and cannot be synced.
  • Here is a sample of what a student's NWEA MAP scores will look like in Progress Learning:

  1. You can view the Sync Status to confirm the sync has been completed for the batch of students synced.
If you are still unable to sync results for students after following the steps above, please check the following:
  • Has your testing window already been closed for the term you are attempting to sync?
  • If so, you will need to update the terms to push out the end date of the term you wish to sync. Please allow time for you to sync the scores before the updated end date for the term. Once the term dates have been updated, the updates should sync overnight, allowing students to be synced in Liftoff the following morning.
  • Progress Learning only supports syncing terms from the current school year, and the most-recent term window scores. Liftoff supports syncing Fall, Winter, Spring, or Summer term scores.
  • If you need additional help, please contact us at support@progresslearning.com

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