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 La Joya ISD, a district with a large multilingual population, uses MAP Growth and MAP Reading Fluency to support their learners. Read how the district’s commitment to educational excellence led them to tools that provide precise insights and tailored instruction to help every student succeed.

Este documento informtivo explica cómo MAP Reading Fluency con Coach identifica y cierra las brechas de lectura de los estudiantes de K-5.

(This fact sheet explains how MAP Reading Fluency with Coach identifies and closes K-5 student reading gaps.)

Este documento informativo explica cómo MAP Growth mide con precisión los logros y el crecimiento.
(This fact sheet explains how MAP Growth accurately measures achievement and growth).

Aprende cómo MAP Spanish ayuda a los docentes a identificar si existen brechas entre lo que los estudiantes saben en español y lo que pueden demostrar en inglés.

Kailey & Jacob are joined by two educators and NWEA content specialists who have thought a lot about how to improves student experiences in science. Kim Baker has been at NWEA for 13 years, and Megan Kuehl has been here for eight. We discuss challenging assumptions about the science classroom and unpack the notion that science is inherently impartial.

Get ready for a blast of youthful energy and insight in this one-of-a-kind episode of The Continuing Educator! Join Kailey and Jacob as they dive into an engaging discussion with two bright young minds, Harper & Amelia, who are gearing up for their journey through middle school.