Assessments

Pre-K – 12 assessment for learning

Our research-based, computerized assessments help educators answer a crucial question: Are my students learning? By delivering precise, real-time information about every student’s learning triumphs and challenges, we set educators—and students—up for success.

We weren’t expecting to see such consistent, major growth for our students across the board. But now that we know what our students are ready to learn before we even begin teaching them, growth is inevitable—even for our gifted and talented and Title I students.

Linda Foote, Instructional Technology Specialist
Poway Unified School District, San Diego, California

Assessment Comparison

MAP CC MAP MPG MAP FOR SCIENCE END OF COURSE ASSESSMENT CPAA SKILLS NAVIGATOR SKILLS POINTER
INTERIM/BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SKILLS ASSESSMENT ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
MATHEMATICS ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
LANGUAGE ARTS ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SCIENCE ASSESSMENT ✓ ✓
EARLY LEARNING ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
UNIVERSAL SCREENING ✓ ✓ ✓
ONLINE ASSESSMENT ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
COMPUTER ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENT ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  ✓ ✓
HIGH SCHOOL ASSESSMENT ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SKILLS MASTERY ✓
RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION ✓
PROGRESS MONITORING ✓
END OF COURSE ASSESSMENT ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Why Our Assessments

Assessment for learning means data that make a difference

  • Differentiate instruction for every student

  • Pinpoint intervention and enrichment needs

  • Accelerate students’ academic growth and achievement

  • Maximize classroom instructional time, staff resources, and budget

  • Target instructional and professional development time and resources

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Learn why we're making a case for measuring student growth

Explore how data from Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®), Children’s Progress Academic Assessment™ (CPAA™), and Skills Navigator™, help teachers create personalized instruction that engage every student with his or her learning!

Assessments 101

Assessments 101

Get clear on the differences between formative, interim, and summative tests

Formative assessment guides learning

Formative assessment tools and practice provide the day by day, week by week insight teachers need to make adjustments in instruction based on where students are at a given moment.

Interim assessment guides and tracks learning

Interim assessment happens at select intervals in the school year; its data provide an objective measure of progress toward learning objectives, measure student academic growth, and inform instruction.

Summative assessment certifies learning

Summative assessments, whether given at the end of a unit, a semester, or—as in the case of state accountability tests, at the end of the year—demonstrate whether or not students have learned the content provided and whether they are deemed proficient on the measured standards.

5 reasons we’re easy to love and hard to beat

Working with Us

  • Per-student pricing structure

  • Flexible implementation—either building- or district-wide

  • Unlimited, ongoing technical support

  • Attentive account management

  • Virtual and in-person product training and professional development

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See how our 360 degree support lets you focus on student success

Professional Development

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Discover what NWEA professional development can do for you

Our professional development specialists excel at helping educators make the most of their assessment data.  They’re also experts at coaching districts ready to conquer their unique challenges, supporting teacher use of formative assessment to build better instructional environments, and guiding educators to get what they need from our 24/7 eLearning platform.

 

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