Nate Jensen
Nate Jensen, director of the Center for School and Student Progress at NWEA, specializes in issues related to the use of student testing data in accountability systems and its application to myriad policy decisions. His research interests include test motivation, chronic absenteeism, and issues related to teacher and school accountability. In his role at NWEA, Dr. Jensen engages directly with school systems to influence educational practices and policies that promote student success and conducts rigorous research that is directly relevant to educators’ work with their students. Dr. Jensen holds a PhD in counselor education from the University of Arkansas.Posts by author
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Leading the way in measuring growth and achievement
MAP® Growth™ supports more students in more grades across more subject areas than any other assessment provider. With MAP Growth data in hand, teachers have the insights for delivering the right instruction at the right time.
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The power of MAP Growth
Whether you’re making decisions that guide the learning path of a single student or decisions that drive change on the system- or program-wide level, you’ll need accurate information from the start.
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Measuring academic gains with MAP Growth
Measuring student growth with MAP® Growth™ is a lot like measuring growth in height with a tape measure. A student gets measured once, then after an appropriate amount of time, gets measured again. Any observed changes in the student’s measured height may be interpreted as growth.