Technical report
MAP Growth technical report
2026
By: Patrick Meyer, Janice Johnson, Xueming (Sylvia) Li, Ann Hu, Carmen Hall
Description
This comprehensive technical report documents the design, development, and validation of MAP Growth assessments for the 2024ā2025 school year. It provides evidence supporting the assessmentās psychometric quality, including adaptive testing methods, reliability, validity, fairness, and score interpretation, demonstrating how MAP Growth measures student achievement and growth across grades and subjects.
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