Simply upload their RIT scores from the report. TippyTop explains them in plain English and builds a personalized plan around your child's own strengths and gaps. To your kid, it's just a fun game they'll actually ask to play.
7 days of full access, then plans from $9.99/mo. Cancel in the first 7 days and you pay nothing.
TippyTop is an independent company and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NWEA or HMH.
How it works
Type or upload the RIT scores from your child's report. It takes about two minutes, and we'll show you where to find each number.
See what each score means and the two or three areas that will move it most, set to your child's level instead of just their grade.
Short sessions that adapt after every answer, with read-aloud, streaks, and mountain critters to befriend. You see progress before the next test.
No scores yet? A short placement check will find your child's level, and you can add the report later when you have one.
For parents
MAP reports are written for teachers. TippyTop turns yours into a few plain sentences and a short list of what to work on.
A RIT score of 184 puts Maya at the 38th percentile for 3rd grade in fall. Maya is a little below the typical range for 3rd grade in fall. A few targeted skills are likely holding the score back, and they are very learnable.
Typical growth by winter testing. A range to aim for, not a promise: every child grows at their own pace.
Personal by design
Most practice hands every kid in a grade the same worksheet. TippyTop starts from your child's own MAP scores, area by area, and keeps adjusting with every answer they give.
Day one
Each goal area starts at its own level, set from the RIT score and the goal-area bands on the report. Two kids in the same class get two different plans.
Maya
Math RIT 184
3rd grade · Approaching typical
Starts on
Time, money & measurement · Place value · Fractions
Leo
Math RIT 203
3rd grade · Well above typical
Starts on
Adding & subtracting within 1,000 · Multiplication & division · Lines, angles & classifying shapes
Every question
Questions aim for about three right out of four: enough stretch to grow, enough wins to keep going. Struggling? It eases off until they've caught up, then climbs again.
Math · Money
Go on, tap an answer.
For students
Every session moves their critter one spot up the mountain, and there's a new friend waiting at the end of each lesson. Try a question yourself to see.
Rewards without the tricks. Nothing to buy, no leaderboards, no ads. Every finished session earns a critter, every time.
Built for kids, carefully
A nickname, a grade and a cartoon critter. No last name, email, birthday or photo.
Nothing is sold to your child and nobody can message them.
Student mode locks the parent side behind a four-digit PIN, so scores and settings stay yours.
Download everything or close the account from settings, any time.
Pricing
Select an Individual plan for one child, or a Family plan for up to 3 children. A full year costs about what an hour or two with a tutor does.
For 1 child
$6.58/ month
$79 billed once a year. $9.99 on monthly.
For up to 3 children
$9.92/ month
$119 billed once a year. $14.99 on monthly.
Not ready to commit? Start on our limited Free plan.
Score explainer, placement check and plan preview. 3 sessions a week for 1 child, 7-day history.
MAP Growth is a reading and math test, often with language usage too, that many schools give in the fall, winter, and spring. It's made by NWEA. It adapts as your child answers: questions get harder after right answers and easier after wrong ones, so it finds your child's level even if that's above or below their grade. Scores come back as a RIT score, which uses one scale for every grade, so you can see growth from one test to the next. Getting about half the questions right is normal, and it means the test did its job. MAP Growth isn't your state's end-of-year test, and it usually doesn't affect grades.
Not yet. Right now TippyTop reads MAP Growth scores only. i-Ready and Star cover much the same math and reading skills, so the practice still helps. Skip the score entry and start with the placement check, which finds your child's level in 12 to 15 questions per subject. Support for i-Ready and Star scores is on our list.
You get the full plan you pick, Individual or Family, for 7 days: every subject and unlimited sessions. We ask for a card when the trial starts and charge nothing until it ends. Cancel any time in those 7 days and you pay nothing. If you'd rather not enter a card, the Free plan doesn't need one.
Start with the placement check: 12 to 15 questions per subject that find your child's level. You can add the real scores whenever the report comes home.
No. Each goal area starts from your child's own scores, so two kids in the same class start in different places. After that, every answer counts: questions step up when your child is getting them right, and ease back when they're stuck until they're solid again. Most of each session goes to the two or three areas with the most room to grow.
Not in the drill-and-memorize sense. MAP Growth measures real skills in math, reading, and language. We help your child build the specific skills where they have the most room to grow, at their level, in short sessions they actually want to do.
No. TippyTop is an independent company and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NWEA or HMH. All of our questions are original and aligned to public standards.
A nickname, a grade, a cartoon critter, and their practice answers. That's it. No last name, email, birthday, or photo. There are no ads and no third-party trackers in student mode. You can export or delete everything at any time.
Only NWEA can do that. However, we can show an "estimated practice level" from your child's practice lessons so you can see how they're trending between tests. But keep in mind that practice estimates are not official MAP scores.
Two minutes to enter the scores. A plan before dinner. A kid who asks for one more climb.
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