NWEA researcher Karyn Lewis sits down with new general manager Sabine Wallis at Fusion in Orlando to discuss Wallis’s personal journey towards becoming an education leader and her plans for the organization.

How calibrated proficiency modeling, an enterprise ontology, and cascading inference power trustworthy personalization.

NWEA® continually refines the methodologies used to generate our norms so they remain statistically rigorous as well as accurate and relevant. This 2025 detailed research study 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™.

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.

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.

Teachers hear a lot about getting students involved with their test data and goal setting, but how does that happen in practice? Last fall, we spent two days with Michelle Wiley, an instructional specialist at Phoenix Central School District in New York State. We went from classroom to classroom with Michelle as she helped kids understand their MAP Growth data and get excited about reaching their goals. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how she works with students and teachers.