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

Learn about the MAP Growth and MAP Growth K-2 reports available for teachers and administrators, including key features and screenshots.

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™.

Explore five critical decisions where high-quality assessment data helps leaders support teachers, allocate resources wisely, and drive meaningful student growth across classrooms and schools.

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.

Discover how Al Forsan International Schools used MAP Growth and MAP Reading Fluency to build a unified, evidence driven system across four campuses. Learn how data routines, early literacy insights, and shared accountability elevated instruction, strengthened student ownership, and improved achievement for 11,000 learners.

Have you ever left a school board meeting wishing you and your presentation had been more successful? Many other administrators will tell you that you are most assuredly not alone! Here are proven strategies that can help you avoid common missteps, build trust, and align your presentation with the needs of your school board.