10.12.18 John Cronin, NWEA New Resource – Guidance on Administering MAP Growth During the fall, as our school partners transition from testing students to reviewing the results, we start to receive questions from educators about when to retest a student, why a student spent... Read more
9.21.18 John Cronin, NWEA Testing Duration: How Long is Too Long to Spend on the MAP Growth Assessment? As fall is in full swing, and most schools and districts are either testing or starting to view results, we thought it was timely to share some findings from NWEA Research on average test duration.... Read more
9.13.18 John Cronin, NWEA Why NWEA Invalidates MAP Growth Tests for Rapid Guessing If you have started MAP Growth testing this fall, you saw that more student assessments are being invalidated this year than in prior years. You may also be wondering why that’s the case. At NWEA,... Read more
6.16.16 John Cronin, NWEA How many students and schools actually make a year and a half of growth during a year? If all students are going to be college and career ready, many have a lot of catching up to do. And one question NWEA researchers are frequently asked is “What is a reasonable growth target... Read more
