As any researcher will tell you, good data doesn’t just happen. It’s the result of a lot of care and planning. When administering an interim assessment like MAP® Growth™, we get good data when …
Author: Jonathan Fine
Topics: MAP Growth, Assessment Basics
Every school year, students take assessments designed to help teachers better understand what kids know and are ready to learn next. MAP® Growth™, our assessment for children in kindergarten …
Author: Aaron Marion
Topics: MAP Growth, Supporting Families
At NWEA, we work with thousands of schools and districts across the US and in more than 145 countries around the world. Since we reach millions of students each year, there’s a pretty good chance …
Author: Jean Fleming
I ran across a blog post the other day that was hard to read. Hard because it reminded me of how overwhelmed I felt every time I got an assignment by a student in one of my college writing classes …
Author: Monica Rodríguez
Topics: MAP Growth, Classroom Tips
We’ve all been there: We’re at an important event, like back-to-school night, and we’re nodding along, self-consciously avoiding asking the questions that are burning inside us. We think, …
Author: Kailey Rhodes
Topics: MAP Growth, Supporting Families, Assessment Basics
Yesenia was one of those students a teacher always remembers. A bright, shy, inordinately kind third-grader, she was born in Ecuador, moved to Quebec—and learned French—during kindergarten, then …
Author: Mary Resanovich
Topics: MAP Growth, Classroom Tips, MAP Accelerator
Ask Susan Hankins about the most important factor in her school’s success, and she won’t hesitate to tell you: it’s the teachers. In her tenure as principal of Memphis Elementary School, …
Topics: Early Learning, MAP Growth
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