4.18.17 Kristie Werner OECD Test for Schools | Preparing Students to Succeed We’ve blogged consistently on student assessment, most notably interim assessments like MAP® and MAP for Primary Grades (MPG), and formative assessment for day-to-day and minute-to-minute... Read more
3.14.17 Kathy Dyer Moving Aside the Assessment Fog The idea of “assessment fog” made me smile. John McCarthy titled his Edutopia blog post with it – 3 Guidelines to Eliminating Assessment Fog. When driving, fog may cause tension,... Read more
3.7.17 Fenesha Hubbard I Took the MAP Test and Here’s What Happened As a young student, I hated standardized tests, or any multiple-choice tests for that matter! In my mind, I could usually justify why several answers would be correct, so to select only one answer... Read more
2.21.17 Andy Set MAP Wins – New Reports Help Boost Differentiated Instruction We were pleased to recently learn that MAP® received the 2016 Award of Excellence from Tech & Learning Magazine. For 34 years, Tech & Learning Magazine has recognized the best new and... Read more
1.31.17 April Roethel Everybody in the Pool – How Item Pool Depth Affects Assessment Accuracy 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 extend past your head and feet. Ensuring the validity of computer adaptive... Read more
1.17.17 Nicole Zdeb Measuring Student Growth: What is a Scale and What Does Stability Mean? Measuring student growth is a crucial part of an educator’s role, and the stability of a measurement scale over time is necessary in order to measure that growth accurately. So what is a scale, and... Read more
1.10.17 Kara Bobowski 11 Talking Points for Teachers Preparing Students for the MAP Test As school gets back underway and students get into their groove, teachers begin to think about winter testing. Many schools administer the Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®) K – 12 interim... Read more
1.4.17 Tamara Belgard The Power of MAP Data in the Classroom District administrators. Principals. Teachers. All of these school-based roles can take advantage of the tremendous value that the Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®) assessment data can... Read more
11.29.16 Kathy Dyer Students Can Own Their Data: 5 Ways to Get Started When students are involved in the assessment process, they are required to think about their own learning; they articulate what they understand and what they still need to learn; and the result is... Read more
11.11.16 Kathy Dyer Supporting All Learners – Do Your Metrics Measure all Students? In Multiple Measures Done Right, John Cronin talked about seven principles of coherent assessment systems. Principle 6 is the metrics and incentives used encourage a focus on all learners. As we move... Read more
11.1.16 Kara Bobowski Teacher Resources for Communicating Assessment Results with Parents When you think of the classroom setting, you're likely picturing the teacher standing at the front of the room giving lessons, administering tests and quizzes, and providing student feedback. But... Read more
