Research report
MAP Growth universal screening benchmarks: Establishing MAP Growth as an effective universal screener
September 2025
Description
The report documents the process NWEA followed to determine and validate the cut scores for fall, winter, and spring that can be used to identify students in Grades K–8 who have severe learning difficulties and need intensive intervention in reading and mathematics. Universal screening cut scores were first identified and validated for the English MAP Growth Reading and Mathematics assessments, followed by establishing the universal screening cut scores for Spanish MAP Growth Reading.
An added memorandum presents the updated threshold scores by grades and terms for MAP Growth Mathematics and Reading.
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