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Atlas Preparatory School Case Study There are many barriers to learning – poverty, food insecurity, and mobility. Atlas Preparatory Charter School in Colorado attempts to remove these barriers for students...
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At Somerdale Park School District in New Jersey, the leadership wanted to strengthen teachers’ capacity to track student growth and progress. To do this, they knew the district needed to...
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In this NWEA™ report, discover how the 3rd through 8th grade cut scores on MAP Growth™ Reading and MAP for Mathematics assessments correspond to the benchmarks on the ACT® Aspire™...
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Stepstone Academy is a Cleveland-based, urban charter school with an innovative blended learning model. Stepstone’s leaders knew they needed a research-based assessment like MAP Growth K-2 to support differentiation and...
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North Mason Schools began using MAP assessments in 2007, testing 2nd through 8th graders three times a year to assess their readiness for state exams. But individual schools and classrooms...
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In 2014, South Bend’s Our Lady of Hungary Catholic School welcomed its third principal in four years: Kevin Goralczyk, an Indiana native and seasoned educator. Together with the parish’s pastor,...
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A New Mexico school uses data to turn around school performance and accelerate growth for every child.
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CICS West Belden in Chicago has embraced personalized learning and integrated technology, formative assessment, and progress monitoring tools into each classroom. Each student has individual skills to work on in...
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A guiding principle in McKinney (Texas) Independent School District is that students from all economic backgrounds can and should reach high levels of academic achievement. To that end, the district...
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The fourth largest school district in Kansas, Blue Valley began using MAP® Growth™ in 2005 to track academic growth over time and independent of grade level. Having experienced how MAP...
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In New Mexico’s Rio Rancho school district, students and educators at Puesta del Sol Elementary take inspiration from Spirit the Eagle’s ability to soar. The mascot embodies the vision and...
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To maintain high learning levels at a time of reduced resources, district administrators need reliable data showing precisely what is working in their schools. Central to this effort for Bulloch...
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The district leaders at Santa Ana Unified School District in California faced a challenge: Open a new charter school that would act as a model of personalized learning for the...
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Bringing a school district from lagging to leading takes skill and a united vision. Over eight years, northern Michigan’s Crawford AuSable School District (CASD) has set itself apart by using...
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In this low-income ranching community, kindergartners start school with a vocabulary base of 300-400 words—compared to a typical 11,000 words in wealthier communities. Such gaps are likely to triple by...
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For over a century, schools in the West Allis-West Milwaukee School District had offered a traditional educational experience, with teachers focused on helping all students master the same curriculum at...
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At Norwalk Public Schools in Connecticut, district leaders challenged the team to make sure that Norwalk’s assessment system effectively supported efforts “to raise the bar and close the gaps” for...
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School leaders at the New Academy School in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, were seeking an assessment to measure growth and to compare student performance to students in the United States,...
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At Millard Public Schools, whose high schools were rated among “the most challenging in the U.S.” by the Washington Post, an assessment evaluation team was formed to find the best...
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Until 2014, the Skiatook Public School District didn’t have the right tools to help teachers drive instructional change and impact growth. District leaders realized they needed a research-based tool that...
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When you’re armed with MAP® Growth interim assessment data, you’re better prepared to meet your students when and where they need you most. You can use our comparative data for MAP...
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A Study of the Alignment of the NWEA RIT Scale with the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA) Testing Program
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Read Make Assessment Work for All Students: Multiple Measures Matter, the 2016 national survey conducted by NWEA and Gallup, to learn what students, parents, and educators really think about assessment. With...
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NEW FOR 2015: MAP status and growth norms for schools as well as students! By using carefully constructed measurement scales that span grades, MAP® Growth interim assessments from NWEA™ offer educators...
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NWEA™ is committed to making our products accessible for all students. Various accommodations and accessibility features for MAP® Growth assessments ensure that all students can benefit from assessment activities. Download the...
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For more than a decade, Pewaukee School District Superintendent JoAnn Sternke has watched her district get better and better at its mission: opening the door to each student’s future. The...
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NWEA™ has completed a study to predict performance on the ACT® achievement tests in reading and mathematics using scores on the MAP® Growth™ assessments for reading and mathematics for students...
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Not only do the definitions of Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) vary across the country, but the requirements for the content of SLOs vary as well, with some more aligned than...
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