Reading specialist Dana Cansian of Monroe Township Public Schools (NJ) shares how pairing MAP Growth with MAP Reading Fluency reshaped her MTSS practice. By making fluency her “North Star,” she uncovered hidden phonics and phonemic awareness gaps, lifted conditional growth from the 60th to 99th percentile, and now trains teachers districtwide to turn data into next-day instruction.

Michelle Webb, Specialist of Interventions for Curriculum and Instruction at Arlington ISD in Texas, shares how her data-rich district uses MAP Growth to identify students for Read 180 and Math 180 interventions, track growth trends across the year, guide teacher coaching, and strengthen MTSS implementation from elementary through high school with high-quality, actionable data.

NWEA researcher Karyn Lewis sits down with new general manager Sabine Wallis at Fusion in Orlando to discuss Wallis’s personal journey towards becoming an education leader and her plans for the organization.

For many leaders, MTSS represents an intentional and responsive way to support learning across schools. But it’s not without its challenges. Read our guide for detailed tips on how to get the most out of MTSS in your school or district.

Explore five critical decisions where high-quality assessment data helps leaders support teachers, allocate resources wisely, and drive meaningful student growth across classrooms and schools.

Shundra Brown is Executive Director of Instruction in Houston ISD, supervising principals across eight campuses. In this interview, she shares how she drives instructional improvement with MAP Growth. She also explains how MAP Growth provides longitudinal growth metrics beyond unit tests and proficiency, enabling skill-level diagnosis, individualized intervention and acceleration, and year-over-year campus comparisons and analyses. The interview covers key reports, including the Achievement Summary Growth (ASG) report and STAAR Projected Proficiency report. MAP is embedded districtwide in Houston, powering student goal-setting conferences, growth celebrations to build confidence (especially below grade level), multilingual learner support and better communication of results to the school board.

Have you ever left a school board meeting wishing you and your presentation had been more successful? Many other administrators will tell you that you are most assuredly not alone! Here are proven strategies that can help you avoid common missteps, build trust, and align your presentation with the needs of your school board.