The purpose of this study is to examine the fit of MAP Growth K–2 items involved in a scale alignment study conducted by NWEA to realign the scales underlying the MAP Growth K–2 and MAP Growth 2–5 Reading and Mathematics tests.

The purpose of this literature review is to study the advantages and limitations of various through-course summative assessment models with the goal of informing the design of the NWEA through-year solution.

This study measures the effect of adopting statewide articulation agreement policies on college enrollment, associate degree attainment, and bachelor’s degree attainment using data from the Integrated Postsecondary Educational Data Systems (IPEDS).

In this first edition of the “Research Insights” series, we visit the early childhood education space across NNERPP. Here we find three districts offering different versions of a kindergarten transition program for their students.

This technical report is written for measurement professionals and administrators to help evaluate the quality of the MAP Growth assessments.

This study investigated the violation of local independence assumptions within unidimensional item response theory (IRT) models.

In order to ask students to be vulnerable in talking about how they have been exposed to, and impacted by, society’s messages about race, gender, and sexual identity, we have a responsibility to first demonstrate that vulnerability ourselves. Thus, our work is more about “being” than “doing.” Modeling honest self-assessment allows us to ask students to be reflective about their relationship to power, privilege, and oppression.