Brian Amsler is the principal at Lincoln Middle School in Schiller Park School District in Illinois, where the NWEA Research Team first identified how these strategies work in concert to bring about grown. In this conversation, Brian speaks with Dr. David Collum, Data & Assessment Coordinator at Confluence Academies in St. Louis, MO about his efforts to put the Transformative Ten in action and the challenges to creating a high growth mindset.

Discover six strategies to help district leaders and educators build a culture that endures. You’ll learn about expanding leadership, championing goal-setting, leveraging AI, and more, alongside examples from districts that used each strategy and saw results.

NWEA® continually refines the methodologies used to generate our norms so they remain statistically rigorous as well as accurate and relevant. This 2025 update is essential to account for changes in US student demographics, postpandemic shifts in student performance, and the item-selection algorithm in the newly enhanced version of MAP® Growth™.

Computer adaptive interim assessments are versatile tools to support learning. From universal screening to program evaluation and beyond, computer adaptive interim assessments like MAP Growth from NWEA are a great source of data and insights into student achievement and growth. There are some misconceptions about what these assessments do and how they can be used. In this video, we share the facts that you need to know if your school is using or considering MAP Growth.

The top 6 recommendations we’ve compiled from school leaders including major pitfalls to avoid and key reasons why they ultimately chose MAP Growth.

See how Greensburg-Salem School District, PA uses MAP Growth and MAP Reading Fluency to foster equity, belonging, and responsive teaching—ensuring every child gets the support and celebration they deserve.

Discover practical strategies and tools that help teachers efficiently identify student needs, differentiate instruction, and deliver targeted interventions—so every learner gets the support and challenge they deserve.