Whether you’re an educator or family member, learn more about assessment—including the MAP® Suite—and the data it provides to ensure all students have a clear path for growth. Resources for every experience level help you stay informed throughout the year.
Every school year, students take assessments designed to help teachers better understand what kids know and how they are growing academically. MAP® Growth™, our assessment for children in …
Author: Aaron Marion, NWEA
Topics: Assessment
At NWEA, we work with thousands of schools and districts across the US and in more than 145 countries around the world. Since we reach millions of students each year, there’s a pretty good …
True or false? Your teacher development program adequately covered assessment literacy. This question was posed by Jacob Bruno, executive vice president of Learning and Improvement Services at …
Author: Kailey Rhodes, NWEA
There is no shortage of formative assessment strategies, techniques, and tools available to teachers who use formative instructional practice in their classrooms. Here is an extensive …
Author: Kathy Dyer, NWEA
Are there Spanish-speaking students in your school or district? If so, they might benefit from taking MAP® Reading Fluency™ in Spanish until they’ve gained the skills and confidence to be …
Author: Teresa Krastel, NWEA
MAP® Growth™ data can be a powerful tool to help math, ELA, and science teachers identify where students are in their learning. It lets us compare student achievement to national norms, state …
Author: Tracie Gibson, NWEA
Growing up in the Midwest, the winter was always a difficult time to stay motivated in school. Tearing myself away from a warm bed to wait at a cold and dark bus stop didn’t exactly help me …
Author: Chase Nordengren, NWEA
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