When paired with additional evidence, the 2025 MAP Growth norms can help educators ask valuable questions, set goals, and support growth.

The 2025 MAP Growth norms account for COVID-19 interruptions to learning and provide a more accurate view into how students are doing today.

The 2025 norms update addresses several critical factors: evolving U.S. student demographics, documented shifts in academic performance following the COVID-19 pandemic, and the item-selection algorithm in the newly enhanced MAP® Growth™.

Understanding standard error of measurement can help you select an assessment designed to track student progress over time.

Local norms ask how each student is performing compared to peers in the same district or school, making it easier to identify gifted kids.

The research study used a robust set of data from three national assessments to examine trends in gender gaps in 8th grade STEM skills over the course of the pandemic.

This is the accompanying technical appendix to the research study, “Boys regain the advantage in middle school STEM skills: Post-COVID trends in gender achievement gaps,” leveraging data from three national assessments, as well as enrollment in Algebra, to examine trends in gender gaps in 8th grade STEM skills over the course of the pandemic.