Shundra Brown is Executive Director of Instruction in Houston ISD, supervising principals across eight campuses. In this interview, she shares how she drives instructional improvement with MAP Growth. She also explains how MAP Growth provides longitudinal growth metrics beyond unit tests and proficiency, enabling skill-level diagnosis, individualized intervention and acceleration, and year-over-year campus comparisons and analyses. The interview covers key reports, including the Achievement Summary Growth (ASG) report and STAAR Projected Proficiency report. MAP is embedded districtwide in Houston, powering student goal-setting conferences, growth celebrations to build confidence (especially below grade level), multilingual learner support and better communication of results to the school board.

Not all personalized instruction solutions deliver the same results. This checklist helps you evaluate what matters most and shows how HMH Personalized Path connects MAP® Growth™ data to appropriate instruction, supports every learner, and stands apart from other adaptive solutions.

A high-quality assessment delivers high-quality data, right? It should, but that’s not always the case. Learn more about the hallmarks of trustworthy, actionable data and see if your test measures up.

In 2026, we spoke with teachers as well as school and district leaders from across Texas about why they trust MAP Growth to place students for instruction and intervention, powering greater growth in their classrooms.

NWEA research webinar with Dr. Naomi Duran and Dr. Megan Kuhfeld who shared three recently published studies highlighting insights on elementary grades, including trends in kindergarten redshirting, K-2 achievement growth post-COVID, and an analysis on academic achievement trends for boys.

An integrated solution fully dedicated to supporting student reading growth

This webinar shows school and district leaders how to strengthen PLCs as a key driver of effective MTSS—using assessment data, including MAP® Growth™, as part of consistent, collaborative decision-making practices.