MAP Growth study materials
MAP Growth study resources

MAP Growth case studies

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MAP Growth is a computer-adaptive K–12 assessment from NWEA, delivered through the MAP Suite. It measures academic growth and achievement across Mathematics, Reading, Language Arts, and Science for both English- and Spanish-speaking students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools and districts use it as a universal screener for RTI, MTSS, and similar models, to place students into programs, to guide instruction, to track growth on the grade-level-independent RIT scale, and to predict performance on state tests, the ACT, or the SAT. NWEA describes the suite as serving more than 13 million students across tens of thousands of schools and thousands of districts in 146 countries. The MAP Growth case studies are 5 cases and about 3,203 words.

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Grade 6 Mathematics: RIT Profile With Uneven Instructional Areas

A sixth-grade mathematics teacher reviews fall MAP Growth Mathematics results for 27 students. One student, Mia, has an overall RIT of 212 (percentile 48, standard error 3.1).

647 words, about 3 min
2

Grade 3 Reading: ELL Profile With Vocabulary Gap

A third-grade reading intervention team reviews winter MAP Growth Reading data for a student, Diego, who moved to the U.S. 14 months ago and speaks Spanish at home.

644 words, about 3 min
3

Grade 8 Language Arts: Planning a Persuasive Unit From Class RIT Data

An eighth-grade English language arts team examines MAP Growth Language Arts results for five classes (n=132). Class medians range from 214 to 224, and individual RITs range from 198 to 236.

620 words, about 3 min
4

Grade 5 Science: Content Coverage Versus Science Practices

A fifth-grade science teacher reviews MAP Growth Science results for 24 students. The class median RIT is 201; the national median for the grade is 203.

647 words, about 3 min
5

Grade 4 Mathematics: Growth Percentile Drop Despite RIT Gain

A school data team reviews spring MAP Growth Mathematics results for a fourth-grade cohort. One student, Noah, moved from RIT 190 in fall to RIT 198 in spring.

645 words, about 3 min