Reporting Student Growth Right: Three Assessment Must-Haves 7.20.17 Nicole Zdeb Since growth is a vital gauge of student progress, it’s crucial to estimate it as accurately as possible. To... More
Understanding Formative, Interim, and Summative Assessments and Their Role in Student Learning 7.13.17 Kathy Dyer At its core, education is about the teaching and learning process. How do we teach the necessary literacies, content... More
The Educational Pie-Baking Contest 5.19.17 Michael Koranda Since the very first county fair, assessment has been the key to communicating success. Let your mind wander a bit to... More
Preparing for the MAP Test | 20 Tips for Parents 5.16.17 Kara Bobowski The MAP® test is a growth assessment given to K–12 students that provides data to help teachers teach, students... More
OECD Test for Schools | Preparing Students to Succeed 4.18.17 Kristie Werner We’ve blogged consistently on student assessment, most notably interim assessments like MAP® and MAP for Primary... More
Moving Aside the Assessment Fog 3.14.17 Kathy Dyer The idea of “assessment fog” made me smile. John McCarthy titled his Edutopia blog post with it – 3 Guidelines to... More
I Took the MAP Test and Here’s What Happened 3.7.17 Fenesha Hubbard As a young student, I hated standardized tests, or any multiple-choice tests for that matter! In my mind, I could... More
MAP Wins – New Reports Help Boost Differentiated Instruction 2.21.17 Andy Set We were pleased to recently learn that MAP® received the 2016 Award of Excellence from Tech & Learning Magazine.... More
Everybody in the Pool – How Item Pool Depth Affects Assessment Accuracy 1.31.17 April Roethel As we’ve all been taught, to dive safely into a swimming pool you must first be sure that the water is deep enough to... More
Measuring Student Growth: What is a Scale and What Does Stability Mean? 1.17.17 Nicole Zdeb Measuring student growth is a crucial part of an educator’s role, and the stability of a measurement scale over time... More
11 Talking Points for Teachers Preparing Students for the MAP Test 1.10.17 Kara Bobowski As school gets back underway and students get into their groove, teachers begin to think about winter testing. Many... More
The Power of MAP Data in the Classroom 1.4.17 Tamara Belgard District administrators. Principals. Teachers. All of these school-based roles can take advantage of the tremendous... More
