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Required Upgrade to TestTaker 6

Please be aware that all districts are required to upgrade to MAP TestTaker 6 no later than July 1, 2008. Please be sure to inform your Technical Coordinator of this mandatory upgrade.

NWEA System Maintenance

Please read important information regarding changes to NWEA's maintenance windows.

New Comparison Views in DRS 2.0!

Dynamic Reporting Suite now has multiple viewing options available for student data, giving teachers the ability to analyze their student data from fall-to-fall, spring-to-fall, or fall to spring.  Simply log on to your reports site now and click on the “run this report for a different term pair."

Announcing new, more flexible access to your MAP data!

Beginning October 15th, NWEA will provide all of our partners with Comprehensive Data Files, which are unformatted CSV files that contain the most up-to-date data available for a specified testing term.

Response to "No Child Left Behind" Draft Amendments

The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee recently requested public comment on the draft of amendments to the No Child Left Behind law. NWEA President and CEO Matt Chapman presented the following response encouraging the Committee to allow states greater flexibility in the design of state assessments to provide for academic growth for all students.

Download the Most Current Test Packages

In our ongoing efforts to make MAP results as locally relevant as possible, NWEA performs periodic reviews of each state's goal structures, and when possible, updates test packages to correlate to changes. Use this tool to determine if there are new test packages in your state.

Leading the Conversation

Read NWEA's Position Statement on the Reauthorization of “No Child Left Behind.”

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