Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) is a nationally normed, standardized assessment developed by the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA). MAP is a computer-based, adaptive assessment designed to measure each student’s current level of academic achievement relative to national norms and grade-level expectations.

McKinney ISD administers the NWEA Measures of Academic Progress Growth, or MAP Growth assessments three times a year. NWEA MAP Growth is a nationally normed, standardized achievement test, which measures what learners know and informs what they are ready to learn next by using a computer adaptive test that adjusts to the ability and knowledge of the learner.

The students' teacher will use the results of the NWEA MAP Growth assessments to better understand each child's individual needs and to help him/her progress in the assessed area. Because the assessment is a growth measure, it can track the growth of the learner between testing events and over multiple years of testing.

All learners in grades 3-8 will be evaluated using NWEA MAP Growth assessments in math, reading and science. These assessments will be given three times a year.  

For more information about NWEA and the MAP Growth assessments, visit the following links:

• Parent Toolkit

• Family Guide to MAP Growth

• 2020 Normative Data