Identify skill gaps
for personalized instruction
Support Student Progress Between MAP Growth Assessments
MAP Skills is a skills mastery and progress monitoring assessment that helps teachers drill down to the specific skills each student needs to learn. Use it between MAP Growth administrations to see exactly what struggling students are missing and advanced students are ready to take on—then adjust instruction in the moment and monitor student progress.
Discover how adding MAP Skills to your assessment toolbox can make a difference for your students.
Specific Skills Assessment
MAP Skills builds on MAP Growth results by drilling down to pinpoint specific gaps. Because MAP Skills arranges the skills in logical learning progressions, teachers can clearly see what a student needs to learn next.
Skills Mastery & Progress Monitoring
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Grade levels
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Grade-level independence
Accurately assesses student skills, whether on, above, or below grade level
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Subjects
Math
Reading comprehension
Language usage
Vocabulary
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Frequency
As often as needed
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Test time
5-30 minutes
Varies by subject and skills assessed
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Alignment
Aligned to MAP Growth instructional areas for your standards
Inform Instruction with Dynamic Reporting Dashboards
MAP Skills helps you make instructional decisions that support learning for every student. Dashboards show a wealth of data on each student immediately after testing—giving teachers insights they can use to make instructional adjustments in the moment.
Teacher Dashboard
Teacher dashboards make it clear at a glance what skills students have mastered and need to work on next.
Student Dashboard
Student dashboards display assigned tasks and progress in an engaging way that encourages students to be active participants in their learning.
Administrator Dashboard
Administrator dashboards show how specific classrooms, programs, and schools are performing.
Case Study
CICS West Belden | Chicago, IL
CICS West Belden provides a truly personalized experience with MAP Skills. With half of their students performing below grade level, the teachers and school leaders knew they needed a different approach.
MAP Skills has been so great for us because it’s an instant snapshot of what skills students know and what they need to work on.Nicole Swick, Teacher, Distinctive Schools, Chicago, IL
Powered by a Stable Platform
MAP Skills operates on our Comprehensive Assessment Platform—a secure, stable system you can trust to support your assessment needs. Because it’s the same platform as MAP Growth, you enjoy the convenience of a single login and common rostering.
The platform’s ability to handle a high volume of students means you can test on the schedule that meets your needs. And it’s compatible with most popular operating systems, browsers, and devices—including iPads® and Chromebooks®—to make testing as seamless as possible.
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Professional Learning 
MAP Skills and More
Our professional learning consultants—former educators and experts in data coaching—give you proven strategies to help you do more with data while creating sustained learning that improves practice.
Flexible delivery options—including self-paced online learning and workshops conducted on-site, regionally, or virtually—make it easy to fit learning into busy schedules.
Support at Every Step 
Our “by educators, for educators” heritage drives us to ensure a great experience for all who partner with us—from beginning to end. You get focused attention—from comprehensive implementation to ongoing help via phone, email, live chat, and even on-site—from our knowledgeable specialists.
Student Empowerment
MAP Skills has an engaging student dashboard where students can see the skills they’re working on and track their progress—encouraging them to be invested in their own learning. This helps teachers have more productive conversations with students and parents.