MAP Growth
MAP Growth Spanish Technical Report- Addendum
This technical addendum report is written to help measurement professionals and administrators evaluate the quality of the MAP Growthās Spanish assessments.
By: Patrick Meyer, Janice Johnson, Xueming (Sylvia) Li, Ann Hu, Carmen Hall
Products: MAP Growth, MAP Spanish
Topics: Equity, Item response theory, Measurement & scaling, Test design
This technical report is written to help measurement professionals and administrators evaluate the quality of the MAP Growth assessments.
By: Patrick Meyer, Janice Johnson, Xueming (Sylvia) Li, Ann Hu, Carmen Hall
Products: MAP Growth
Topics: Measurement & scaling, Item response theory, Test design
Kindergarten redshirting: What families should know
This is a family facing fact sheet about the data on the practice of delaying kindergarten, known as redshirting. Schools can use this fact sheet with families considering redshirting or who just want more information.
By: Megan Kuhfeld, Sofia Postell
Products: MAP Growth
Topics: Early learning, Growth
Technical Appendix: Should kindergartners be redshirted? Costs likely outweigh academic benefits
This is the technical appendix for the research brief titled, āShould kindergartners be redshirted?ā which examines the data on holding back five-year-olds from starting kindergarten – a practice known as redshirting.
By: Megan Kuhfeld, Sofia Postell
Products: MAP Growth
Topics: Growth, Early learning
Should kindergartners be redshirted? Costs likely outweigh academic benefits
This research brief examines the data on holding back five-year-olds from starting kindergarten – a practice known as redshirting. Using national data from over three million kindergartners from NWEAās MAP Growth K-2 assessment, this study explores redshirting trends between fall 2017 and 2025. It also follows a kindergarten cohort (2021-22) through the third grade, examining whether there were academic advantages for redshirted students.
By: Megan Kuhfeld, Sofia Postell
Products: MAP Growth
Topics: Early learning, Growth
Trend Snapshots: COVID-19 recovery in Kā2, positive recovery trends
This short research brief highlights trends seen in the latest data released in the NWEA Map Growth National Dashboard. In this latest edition of Trend Snapshots, key findings focus on trends in K-2 academic recovery following the COVID pandemic.
By: Karyn Lewis, Megan Kuhfeld
Products: MAP Growth
Topics: COVID-19 & schools, Growth, Seasonal learning patterns & summer loss
This is the technical appendix to the āUnequal Access to 8th-Grade Algebra: How School Offerings and Placement Practices Limit Opportunityā research brief, which examines how access to early Algebra remains highly inequitable across the United States.
By: Daniel Long, Megan Kuhfeld, Scott J. Peters
Products: MAP Growth
Topics: College & career readiness, Equity, Math & STEM