Trustworthy assessment data and an evidence-based understanding of what truly improves student learning can facilitate decision-making. At NWEA, we pursue both relentlessly because we know doing so improves outcomes for kids.

For this episode, we’re once again joined by Dr. Chase Nordengren, principal research lead for Effective Instructional Strategies at NWEA to talk about teacher-led approaches to academic recovery.

Chase works closely with leading scholars from around the globe to turn theory into actionable practices to drive instructional improvement. His latest study, High Growth for All, captured ways teachers in one Chicago-area district are leading the academic recovery effort and producing above average academic growth over multiple years for kids across the achievement spectrum

Chase is also the author of Step into Student Goal Setting: A Path to Growth, Motivation, and Agency from Corwin Press.

NWEA senior research scientist Scott Peters offers a thoughtful approach to using MAP Growth data to identify advanced learning opportunities for students that helps educators balance access, sensitivity, alignment, and cost in making these key placement decisions.

This study examines the effects of a newly developed fluency protocol on historically marginalized students in three Grade 6 classrooms in a large urban school district. The protocol was designed for ease of use and does not require that educators have prior knowledge of reading instruction.

In this brief, discover how students who engaged with MAP Accelerator during the 2021-22 school year at the recommended dosage of 30+ minutes per week exceeded growth projections by 26% to 38%. In an additional a year-over year analysis, students were compared to themselves, and it was found that those who increased their usage of MAP Accelerator from the first year to the second year saw a corresponding improvement in their achievement growth.

A 4-page document outlining the user norms for MAP Growth tests in Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Geometry. Includes details on how the user norms were developed, how user norms differ from national representative norms, and what years of data were used to craft them. Detailed charts are included that cover fall to winter, Fall to spring, and winter to spring norms.

In this guide, see how MAP Growth data supports effective instructional strategies learned from schools generating extraordinary growth for kids across all grades and achievement levels.